choiar

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested 1928. Unknown. Probably a derivative from choer (to build an enclosure), from Latin claudere (to close).

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choiar (first-person singular present choio, first-person singular preterite choiei, past participle choiado)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to work; to do business
    Synonym: traballar
    Eu choio nunha oficina.
    I work at an office.
    • 1928, Ricardo Carballal, De min pra vós. Contos do pobo, A Coruña: Nós, page 87:
      Chegaron tres tratantes que choiaban nas feiras
      There came three merchants that used to do business at the fairs

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