afastar

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese afastar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), of obscure origin; maybe from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (fixed, firm), through Suevic [Term?] or Gothic.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

afastar (first-person singular present afasto, first-person singular preterite afastei, past participle afastado)

  1. (transitive) to repel, to move apart
  2. (reflexive) to retreat, to go back
    • 1479, Fernández de Viana y Vieites, edited by José Ignacio, Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón, Lugo: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Diputación Provincial de Lugo, page 250:
      qualquier de nos que se afastar a fora e o non quiser asy thener, conprir e agardar que día e pague aa parte aguardante [...] duzentos moravedís de moeda vella
      any of us who would move out (of this pact) and who would not want to have it, to follow it, and to ward it, should give to the other part [...] 200 old coins

Conjugation

References

  1. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo, s.v. afastar,

Portuguese

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