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Galician
Etymology
Literally, “to go out”.
Pronunciation
Verb
ir fóra (first-person singular present vou fóra, first-person singular preterite fun fóra, past participle ido fóra)
- (intransitive) to go out (to leave, especially a building)
- Synonyms: marchar, saír
- Vou fóra ― I'm going out
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to go out (to leave one's abode to go to public places)
- Synonym: saír
- Manola vai fóra. Non sei cando virá. ― Manola went out. I don't know when she'll return.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to go out (to become extinct, to expire)
- Synonym: acabar
- Cando a Candeloria chora, metá do inverno vai fóra (proverb) ― When it rains by Candlemas, winter is going out (literally, “When Candlemas weeps, half the winter goes out”)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ir fóra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ir fóra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ir fóra”, 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), “ir fóra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ir fóra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN