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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *emboora, univerbation of en boa ora.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emˈbɔɾa/
- Rhymes: -ɔɾa
- Hyphenation: em‧bo‧ra
Adverb
embora
- (dated) luckily; happily; in good time; at the moment
1703, José Noguerol y Camba, Versos Gallegos:E desde agora convido / Os presentes para outra obra / Como esta, se è que vivimos, / Se non, quedaybos embora- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjunction
embora
- although (used with subjunctive, introducing a clause that expresses a concession)
- Synonyms: aínda que, malia, inanque, porén
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “embora”, 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), “embora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *emboora, univerbation of en boa ora.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbɔ.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbɔ.ɾɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbɔ.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbɔ.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbɔ.ɾa/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbɔ.ɾa/
- Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
- Hyphenation: em‧bo‧ra
Adverb
embora (not comparable)
- away; hence (from this place)
- Vá embora! ― Go away!
Derived terms
Conjunction
embora
- although (used with subjunctive, introducing a clause that expresses a concession)
- Synonyms: ainda que, apesar de
Embora tenha chovido, fui à escola.- Although it had rained, I went to school.