cuitar

cuitar (first-person singular indicative present cuito, past participle cuitáu)

1. (Western Asturias) alternative form of cuchar

From Vulgar Latin *coctāre, from Latin *cōctus, from coactus, past participle of cōgō. Cognate with Portuguese coitar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kujˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kujˈtaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

cuitar (first-person singular present cuito, first-person singular preterite cuití, past participle cuitat)

1. (intransitive) to hurry (do things quickly)
2. (transitive) to press, to urge

• “cuitar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Occitan coitar.

• IPA^(key): /kwiˈtaɾ/ [kwiˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cui‧tar

cuitar (first-person singular present cuito, first-person singular preterite cuité, past participle cuitado)

1. obsolete form of acuitar
2. (obsolete, reflexive) to hurry (do things quickly)

• “cuitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024