xeito

xeito

1. neuter singular of xeitu

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese geito, from a Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, alteration of Latin iactus, perfect passive participle of iaciō (“throw, hurl; emit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw, let go”). Compare Portuguese jeito.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃejto̝/

xeito m (plural xeitos)

1. way, manner or fashion (of doing something)

   Iso non che ten xeito!

   that makes no sense! / This is not the correct way of doing it!

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana, page 461:

     Et andaua asseiando a Éytor, hu veería jeyto ou ora pera o matar.

     He was spying on Hector, where he would find the way and the opportunity of killing him

   • 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 144:

     eu seica cho nego? Eu falo o que sei, ti fala ao teu xeito

     So, am I negating it? I speak what I know; you should speak in your way

   Synonyms: forma, maneira, modo

2. appearance (how something appears)

   Synonyms: aspecto, traza

3. skill, ability

   Synonyms: habilidade, maña

4. care (close attention)

   Vai con xeito, non te apures

   Drive with care, don't run!

   • 1807, Ramón Mariño Paz (ed.), Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros, page 4:

     — [...] seique fostes á taberna? —Ó xeito, ó xeito co'eso: estános a xente escoitando; non sea que perda o creto polas vosas faladuras.

     —they say that you went to the tavern? —Take care, take care with that: the people is listening; or else I'll lose all my credit because of your chit-chat.

   Synonyms: coidado, preacución

5. a technique of net fishing
   • 1869, Domingo Blanco (ed.), A poesía popular en Galicia 1745-1885. Recopilación, estudio e edición crítica (vol. I), Vigo: Xerais, page 387:

     Anque che veño do xeito non che veño de xeitar: veño de tomar sardiñas d'alá do medio do mar.

     Although I came from fishing ["xeito"] I've haven't been resting ["xeitar"]: I've come from catching sardines in the middle of the sea

     (there's a pun between xeitar, resting, and xeito, throwing, i.e. fishing)

• xeitoso

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