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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Interjection
quá
- Alternative form of quá quá
Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
quá (过)
- to pass; to go past; to go through
- quá cấu ― to go through the bridge
Bấu đảy quá nả cần ké- Do not step forward in front of the elderly
- Xằng đảy hết quá ― have not been done to go past
- Cần quá tàng ― passer-by
- Phjải quá tó nả ― to go through in front
- to cross
- quá ta̱ ― to cross a river
- to come to something or somebody; to drop in on somebody
- Quá rườn te pây liê̱u ― to visit his house for pleasure
- Quá dương rườn ― to drop in on somebody
Pây háng mà quá rườn pằng dạu luâ̱y- Drop in on a friend while returning from the market
Etymology 2
Verb
quá (过)
- to be able to; to be capable of
- Hết nắm quá/Hết mí đảy quá ― Cannot do it
Etymology 3
Verb
quá
- to recover; to get over
- quá khẩy ― to recover from an illness
- Pây quá dá ― have already gone
Etymology 4
Conjunction
quá (过)
- than
ún bấu quá coong fầy, đây bấu quá po̱ me̱- Nothing is warmer than bonfire, no one is better than parents
- ăn tỉ đây quá ― that thing is better (than this)
Van bố quá nựa pết, chếp bố quá pả na̱- Nothing is more delicious than the duck's meat, nothing is closer than sisterhood
Etymology 5
Adverb
quá (过)
- once; before (formerly; during some period in the past)
- xằng hăn quá ― have not seen before
- đảy chin quá ― have not eaten before
- việc nảy chằng hăn quá ― have not seen this matter before
- đảy ti̱nh quá ― have not heard before
Etymology 6
Adverb
quá
- throughout; all; entire; from end to end
- pây quá vằn ― go all day
- nă̱ng đai quá cừn ― stay up all night
- nhắng quá pi ― busy all year
- phân quá bươn ― rainy throughout the month
Etymology 7
Adjective
quá
- last (especially in the phrase "pi quá" - last year)
References
- Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 過. Doublet of qua.
Pronunciation
Adverb
quá
- very, excessively
- lâu quá không gặp ― long time no see
See also
Verb
quá
- to exceed
See also