porfa

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Galician

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Adverb

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porfa

  1. (informal, colloquial) Contraction of por favor (please).

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpoɾfa/ [ˈpoɾ.fa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾfa
  • Syllabification: por‧fa

Adverb

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porfa

  1. (informal, colloquial) Contraction of por favor (please).

See also

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From pori (to eat grass, graze, browse, feed) +‎ -fa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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porfa m (plural porfeydd or porfaoedd or porfau)

  1. pasture, piece of ground for grazing; grass, herbage
    Synonym: pawr
  2. (South Wales) grass, lawn
    Synonym: glaswellt

Mutation

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Mutated forms of porfa
radical soft nasal aspirate
porfa borfa mhorfa phorfa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “porfa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies