poxar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pojar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *podiare, from podium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poˈʃaɾ/

Verb

poxar (first-person singular present poxo, first-person singular preterite poxei, past participle poxado)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) to arise, to increase; to excel
    • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento, page 89:
      Aqueste [...] poja et alcãça noble prez et grãde valor
      This one [...] excels and reaches a noble prize and a large value
  2. (archaic, transitive) to exceed
    • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 57:
      elles aprenderam de Noe queo outro deluvio pasado que pojara quinze couedos sobre omays alto mõte do mũdo
      they learnt from Noah that the past Deluge exceeded fifteen cubits over the highest mountain of the world
  3. (archaic, transitive) to push up, to cause to grow
  4. to auction
  5. to bid
    • 1394, A. Cabana Outeiro (ed.), O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397. Valga: Concello de Valga, page 97:
      Entón o dito meestrescolla disso que pojaua a teença de Quinçãa em oytoçentas liuras, e logo Ruj d'Órdẽes, cóengo da dita igleia, que presente staua, disso que pojaua e pojou a dita teença de Quinçãa em mill e dosentas libras
      Then the aforementioned schoolmaster said that he was bidding for the possession of Quinzán eight hundred pounds; and then Roi de Ordes, canon of this mentioned church, who was present, said that he was going to bid, and he bid for the aforementioned possession of Quinzán a thousand and two hundred pounds
  6. (intransitive, of cows) to come to the end of the pregnancy

Conjugation
    Conjugation of poxar
infinitive poxar
gerund poxando
past participle singular plural
masculine poxado poxados
feminine poxada poxadas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
present poxo poxas poxa poxamos poxades poxan
imperfect poxaba poxabas poxaba poxabamos poxabades poxaban
preterite poxei poxaches poxou poxamos poxastes poxaron
pluperfect poxara poxaras poxara poxaramos poxarades poxaran
future poxarei poxarás poxará poxaremos poxaredes poxarán
conditional poxaría poxarías poxaría poxariamos poxariades poxarían
subjunctive eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
present poxe poxes poxe poxemos poxedes poxen
preterite poxase poxases poxase poxásemos poxásedes poxasen
future poxar poxares poxar poxarmos poxardes poxaren
imperative — ti Vde. nós vós Vdes.
affirmative — poxa poxe poxemos poxade poxen
negative — poxes poxe poxemos poxedes poxen
personal infinitive eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
poxar poxares poxar poxarmos poxardes poxaren

Derived terms
  • poxa
  • poxador
  • poxamento

References
  • “pojar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “poj” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “poxar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “poxar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “poxar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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