coidar

From Old Galician-Portuguese coidar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cōgitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō (“I think, consider”).

• IPA^(key): /kojˈðaɾ/

coidar (first-person singular present coido, first-person singular preterite coidei, past participle coidado)

1. (transitive) to think; to believe

   Synonyms: achar, crer, pensar

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 621:

     Et coidarõ os gregos que era morto, et fazíã por el tã grã doo que mayor nõ podíã.

     And the Greek thought that he was dead, and they were in such a mourning that it could not be greater

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Polo fio d'unha roca
     ó estagamo seme bay,
     é cortafeira coideiche
     que acababa de finar.

     By the thread of a distaff
     my stomach is going away,
     and Wednesday I though
     that I had just died.

2. (transitive) to take care of
3. (intransitive) to take care of; to guard [with de]
4. (pronominal) to take care of oneself

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coidar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coidar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coyd”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coidar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “coidar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “coidar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coidar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN