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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese en lugar de (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): "in place of".
Preposition
en lugar de
- instead of; rather than
- Synonym: no canto de
c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 146:Mays algũus a y que, en lugar de seerẽ conselleyros, som loamineyros- But there are some that, rather than counselors, are flatterers
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “en lugar de”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “en lugar de”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “en lugar de”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /en luˈɡaɾ de/
- Syllabification: en lu‧gar de
Preposition
en lugar de
- instead of
- Synonym: en vez de
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