vaites
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vaite "get out" (commanding a person to leave), and -s, which characterises some adverbs.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]vaites!
- (colloquial, sometimes sarcastic) get away! get out! who would have thought it? Indicates disbelief or, more frequently, false disbelief
- Os ricos non queren máis impostos, vaites! ― Rich people don't want more taxes, imagine that!
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vaites”, 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), “vaites”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaites”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN