a deshora

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese adesora (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), contraction of a de so hora (at the very moment). The semantic evolution, which also happened in Portuguese and Spanish, was due to rebracketing: des- (dis-) + hora (hour).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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a deshora

  1. (archaic) suddenly
    Synonym: de súpeto
  2. untimeously, inopportunely
    Synonyms: inoportunamente, intempestivamente
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References

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  • adesora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • desora” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • deshora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • a deshora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • a deshora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “hora”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos