coutar

From couto +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [kowˈtaɾ]

coutar (first-person singular present couto, first-person singular preterite coutei, past participle coutado)

1. to stop, to detain, to restrain, to hold back

   Synonyms: parar, reter

   • 1840, Florencio Pol, Á memoria dun amigo santiagués:

     recólle co teu esprito, amigo amado,
     estas vagoas que non podo coutar

     catch with your spirit, beloved friend,
     these tears I cannot hold back

2. to fence, to enclose
3. (folklore) to cure with traditional medicine and spells

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coutar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coutar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “coutar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “coutar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coutar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

coūtar

1. first-person singular future active indicative of coūtor