reter

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese retẽer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin retinēre, present active infinitive of retineō (detain).

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Verb[edit]

reter (first-person singular present reteño, first-person singular preterite retiven, past participle retido)
reter (first-person singular present retenho, first-person singular preterite retivem or retive, past participle retido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (transitive) to retain, hold, keep
    • 1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:
      Et tódalas outras cousas que aquí non son escriptas nen declaradas et as que aquí son escriptas et declaradas, o cabidoo et os vigarios dos canbeadores rreteen en sy o poder para senpre para corregeo et declarao commo lles aprouuer et viren que seerá bem et a prol de todos ontre sy et os ouliuez
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  2. (transitive) to withhold

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References[edit]

  • reteer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • retee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • reter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • reter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin retinēre.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: re‧ter

Verb[edit]

reter (first-person singular present retenho, first-person singular preterite retive, past participle retido)

  1. (transitive) to retain, hold
  2. (transitive) to withhold
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to restrain oneself

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