agaitar

Galician

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Occitan agoaitar, from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɣajˈtaɾ/

Verb

agaitar (first-person singular present agaito, first-person singular preterite agaitei, past participle agaitado)

1. to watch, to spy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agaitar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	agaitar
Personal	agaitar	agaitares	agaitar	agaitarmos	agaitardes	agaitaren
Gerund
	agaitando
Past participle
Masculine	agaitado			agaitados
Feminine	agaitada			agaitadas
Indicative
Present	agaito	agaitas	agaita	agaitamos	agaitades	agaitan
Imperfect	agaitaba	agaitabas	agaitaba	agaitabamos	agaitabades	agaitaban
Preterite	agaitei	agaitaches	agaitou	agaitamos	agaitastes	agaitaron
Pluperfect	agaitara	agaitaras	agaitara	agaitaramos	agaitarades	agaitaran
Future	agaitarei	agaitarás	agaitará	agaitaremos	agaitaredes	agaitarán
Conditional	agaitaría	agaitarías	agaitaría	agaitariamos	agaitariades	agaitarían
Subjunctive
Present	agaite	agaites	agaite	agaitemos	agaitedes	agaiten
Imperfect	agaitase	agaitases	agaitase	agaitásemos	agaitásedes	agaitasen
Future	agaitar	agaitares	agaitar	agaitarmos	agaitardes	agaitaren
Imperative
Affirmative		agaita	agaite	agaitemos	agaitade	agaiten
Negative (non)		non agaites	non agaite	non agaitemos	non agaitedes	non agaiten

    Reintegrated conjugation of agaitar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	agaitar
Personal	agaitar	agaitares	agaitar	agaitarmos	agaitardes	agaitarem
Gerund
	agaitando
Past participle
Masculine	agaitado			agaitados
Feminine	agaitada			agaitadas
Indicative
Present	agaito	agaitas	agaita	agaitamos	agaitades, agaitais	agaitam
Imperfect	agaitava	agaitavas	agaitava	agaitávamos	agaitávades, agaitáveis, agaitávais1	agaitavam
Preterite	agaitei	agaitaste, agaitache1	agaitou	agaitamos	agaitastes	agaitárom, agaitaram
Pluperfect	agaitara	agaitaras	agaitara	agaitáramos	agaitárades, agaitáreis, agaitárais1	agaitaram
Future	agaitarei	agaitarás	agaitará	agaitaremos	agaitaredes, agaitareis	agaitarám, agaitarão
Conditional	agaitaria	agaitarias	agaitaria	agaitaríamos	agaitaríades, agaitaríeis, agaitaríais1	agaitariam
Subjunctive
Present	agaite	agaites	agaite	agaitemos	agaitedes, agaiteis	agaitem
Imperfect	agaitasse	agaitasses	agaitasse	agaitássemos	agaitássedes, agaitásseis	agaitassem
Future	agaitar	agaitares	agaitar	agaitarmos	agaitardes	agaitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		agaita	agaite	agaitemos	agaitade, agaitai	agaitem
Negative (nom)		nom agaites	nom agaite	nom agaitemos	nom agaitedes, nom agaiteis	nom agaitem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• guaita (“Shore rockling”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “agaitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “agaitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agaitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN