decontado
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1707. From de (“of”) contado (“told”), "as soon as told".
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]decontado
- promptly, right away
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
- eu quero ser a permeyra,
que lle ofrezo decontado
trinta netos de Manteyga- I want to be the first one,
since I offer her right away
thirty pints of butter
- I want to be the first one,
- in no time
- Synonym: logo
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “decontado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “decontado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “decontado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN