coidar

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kojˈðaɾ/

Verb

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. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to take care of oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coidar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	coidar
Personal	coidar	coidares	coidar	coidarmos	coidardes	coidaren
Gerund
	coidando
Past participle
Masculine	coidado			coidados
Feminine	coidada			coidadas
Indicative
Present	coido	coidas	coida	coidamos	coidades	coidan
Imperfect	coidaba	coidabas	coidaba	coidabamos	coidabades	coidaban
Preterite	coidei	coidaches	coidou	coidamos	coidastes	coidaron
Pluperfect	coidara	coidaras	coidara	coidaramos	coidarades	coidaran
Future	coidarei	coidarás	coidará	coidaremos	coidaredes	coidarán
Conditional	coidaría	coidarías	coidaría	coidariamos	coidariades	coidarían
Subjunctive
Present	coide	coides	coide	coidemos	coidedes	coiden
Imperfect	coidase	coidases	coidase	coidásemos	coidásedes	coidasen
Future	coidar	coidares	coidar	coidarmos	coidardes	coidaren
Imperative
Affirmative		coida	coide	coidemos	coidade	coiden
Negative (non)		non coides	non coide	non coidemos	non coidedes	non coiden

    Reintegrated conjugation of coidar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	coidar
Personal	coidar	coidares	coidar	coidarmos	coidardes	coidarem
Gerund
	coidando
Past participle
Masculine	coidado			coidados
Feminine	coidada			coidadas
Indicative
Present	coido	coidas	coida	coidamos	coidades, coidais	coidam
Imperfect	coidava	coidavas	coidava	coidávamos	coidávades, coidáveis, coidávais1	coidavam
Preterite	coidei	coidaste, coidache1	coidou	coidamos	coidastes	coidárom, coidaram
Pluperfect	coidara	coidaras	coidara	coidáramos	coidárades, coidáreis, coidárais1	coidaram
Future	coidarei	coidarás	coidará	coidaremos	coidaredes, coidareis	coidarám, coidarão
Conditional	coidaria	coidarias	coidaria	coidaríamos	coidaríades, coidaríeis, coidaríais1	coidariam
Subjunctive
Present	coide	coides	coide	coidemos	coidedes, coideis	coidem
Imperfect	coidasse	coidasses	coidasse	coidássemos	coidássedes, coidásseis	coidassem
Future	coidar	coidares	coidar	coidarmos	coidardes	coidarem
Imperative
Affirmative		coida	coide	coidemos	coidade, coidai	coidem
Negative (nom)		nom coides	nom coide	nom coidemos	nom coidedes, nom coideis	nom coidem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto 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: ILG
• 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
• “coidar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “coidar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “coidar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “coidar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.