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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese longe, from Latin longē.
Pronunciation
Adverb
lonxe
- far, afar
- Antonyms: cerca, preto
- Pouco a pouco vaise lonxe (proverb) ― Little by little you get far
1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C. S. I. C, page 98:Et quando o diserõ a Calrros, volueuse a França et a grã presa enviou a todo los seus a longe et a preto que viesen a el.- And when Charlemagne was told this, he returned to France and in great hurry he sent for all his, far and near, to come to him
1934, Vicente Risco, Mitteleuropa:Non istá lonxe, Rankestrasse; mais com'o vehículo non vai á présa, podolle coller o gusto no meio da baraúnda que m'axorda e m'impón. Endexamais me sintín tan extranxeiro nen tan badoco, doorosamente badoco dista volta, polo feble que m'achaba d'esprito.- Rankestrasse is not far away; but, given that the vehicle is not going fast, I can appreciate the hubbub that deafens and impress me. Never in my life have I felt so estranger and rustic, painfully rustic this time because of how feeble my spirit felt.
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Adjective
lonxe m or f (plural lonxes)
- distant
- Synonyms: afastado, distante, remoto
1888, Novo Galiciano, number 17:encamiñado a censurar ó Goberno pola súa apatía e indifrencia ante unha custión tan grave como é a emigración, i a reporbar certos medios, indinos i asquerosos que, por algús tratantes de carne humana se veñen pondo en práutica pra fomentar a espatriación dos nosos paisanos a lonxes terras.- in place to censure the Government because of its apathy and indifference to such a serious matter as it is emigration, and to reprove certain means, indignant and repulsive, that some human flesh traders are using to encourage the expatriation of our countrymen to distant lands.
References
- “longe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “longe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “longe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lonxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lonxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “lonxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.