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deitar.

to lie down (to rest in a horizontal position)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/dejˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[deɪ̯ˈta(h)]Brazil/dejˈta(ɾ)/São-Paulo[deɪ̯ˈta(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. to lie down (to rest in a horizontal position)

    intransitive · pronominal · sometimes
  2. to go to sleep

    broadly · intransitive
  3. to lay (to place in a horizontal position)

    transitive
  4. to throw

    transitive
    deitar fora
  5. to pour

    transitive
  6. to emit; to give off; to give out

    transitive
  7. to drop (to lower oneself quickly to the ground)

    reflexive
  8. to lie down (to assume a reclining position)

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deitar, from a Vulgar Latin *dēctāre, from Latin dējectāre, frequentative of dējicere (“to throw, hurl down”).

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