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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese vespera, from Latin vespera.
Pronunciation
Noun
véspera f (plural vésperas)
- day before; eve
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “véspera”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vespera”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “véspera”, 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), “véspera”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “véspera”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese vespera, from Latin vespera. Compare Spanish víspera.
Pronunciation
Noun
véspera f (plural vésperas)
- day before; eve
- na véspera do exame ― on the day before the exam
- véspera de Natal ― Christmas Eve
- véspera do Ano Novo ― the New Year's Eve
- (archaic) afternoon
- 1502-03, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Tipografia da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Collecçao de noticias para a historia e geografia das naçoes ultramarinas, que vivem nos dominios portuguezes, ou lhes sao visinhas, Tomo II, Números I e II, page 159:
Em huma Sexta feira no primeiro de Abril de mil quinhentos e dous a horas de Vespera […]- On a Friday, on the 1st of April of 1502, two hours in the afternoon
- (in the plural) days preceding a certain event
- (religion, Catholicism, in the plural) canonical hour of the divine office that follows the ninth, traditionally at eighteen o'clock
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