aproveytar

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Attested since the 13th century. From a- +‎ proveito +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aproveytar

  1. to take advantage of, make use of
    • 1457, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 402:
      prometo de me non aiudar nen aproueytar deles
      I promise not to help myself nor to take advantage of them

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Galician: aproveitar
  • Portuguese: aproveitar

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “aproveytar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “aproveytar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG