porfa

Galician

Adverb

porfa

1. (informal, colloquial) contraction of por favor (“please”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

porfa

1. (informal, colloquial) contraction of por favor (“please”)

See also

• porfaplís
• porfis

Further reading

• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “porfa”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrva/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• melog y borfa (“common lousewort”)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “porfa”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• 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