asexar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician assejar; itself either from Vulgar Latin *assediare (“to besiege”) —from Latin obsidium (“siege”)— or from Latin īnsidiārī (“to lurk, to ambush”), under the influence of the synonym aseitar —from Latin assectārī (“to escort”)—.[1] Or alternatively, and given the absence of this word in Portuguese, from Old French assiéger (“to besiege”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aseˈʃaɾ/

Verb

asexar (first-person singular present asexo, first-person singular preterite asexei, past participle asexado)

  1. (transitive) to skulk, to lurk, to spy, to stalk
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana, page 461:
      Et andaua asseiando a Éytor, hu veería jeyto ou ora pera o matar.
      He was stalking Hector, trying to find the way or opportunity to kill him
  2. (intransitive) to lurk
    Á porta das venturas asexan as desgrazas
    Misfortunes lurk at the door of the fortunes

Conjugation
    Conjugation of axexar
infinitive axexar
gerund axexando
past participle singular plural
masculine axexado axexados
feminine axexada axexadas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
present axexo axexas axexa axexamos axexades axexan
imperfect axexaba axexabas axexaba axexabamos axexabades axexaban
preterite axexei axexaches axexou axexamos axexastes axexaron
pluperfect axexara axexaras axexara axexaramos axexarades axexaran
future axexarei axexarás axexará axexaremos axexaredes axexarán
conditional axexaría axexarías axexaría axexariamos axexariades axexarían
subjunctive eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
present axexe axexes axexe axexemos axexedes axexen
preterite axexase axexases axexase axexásemos axexásedes axexasen
future axexar axexares axexar axexarmos axexardes axexaren
imperative — ti Vde. nós vós Vdes.
affirmative — axexa axexe axexemos axexade axexen
negative — axexes axexe axexemos axexedes axexen
personal infinitive eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
axexar axexares axexar axexarmos axexardes axexaren

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • asexo (“spying”)

References
  • “asseia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “asexar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “asexar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “asexar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Corominas, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997), “acechar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, Madrid: Gredos
  2. Cf. Corominas, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997), “asedio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, Madrid: Gredos
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