haber doito

Galician

Etymology

From haber (“to have”) doito (“experienced, used to”).

Verb

haber doito (first-person singular present hei doito, first-person singular preterite houben doito, past participle habido doito)

1. (idiomatic, archaic) to usually do; used to

   Synonym: adoitar

   Murmuray murmuradores, que sempre o habedes doyto; murmurade dos casados, que dos solteyros no he moyto (folk song, 18th century)

   Gossip gossipers, as you usually do; gossip about the married ones, not much to gossip about bachelors

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Dime algùnha còusa dòce
     como habes doito, é catá,
     que si así no no fazèdes,
     me escatìmo, é velo hàs.
     Ven sabedes, vaiche bòa!
     como estas cousas se fàn,
     è madia tendes, senon
     eu êime de encabuxar.

     Tell me something sweet
     As you usually do, but beware,
     if you don't do it like that
     I'll take offence, you'll see.
     You know well, it could not be otherwise!
     how these things are done,
     no doubt about it or else
     I'll get angry.

   • 1813, anonymous author, Conversa no adro da igrexa:

     Dixêronme que asta á besta que trouxêra á balixâ con tan boa notisea, chegara mais sedo do que habia doito leda coma un cuco.

     They told me that even the horse that brought the postbag with such good news arrived earlier than used to, happy as a lark.

Derived terms

• adoitar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “doito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “haber doito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega