véspera

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Galician[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese vespera, from Latin vespera.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛspeɾa/ [ˈbɛs̺.pe.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛspeɾa
  • Hyphenation: vés‧pe‧ra

Noun[edit]

véspera f (plural vésperas)

  1. day before; eve

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References[edit]

  • véspera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • vespera” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • véspera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • véspera” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • véspera” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese vespera, from Latin vespera. Compare Spanish víspera.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Noun[edit]

véspera f (plural vésperas)

  1. day before; eve
    na véspera do exameon the day before the exam
    véspera de NatalChristmas Eve
    véspera do Ano Novothe New Year's Eve
  2. (archaic) afternoon
  3. (in the plural) days preceding a certain event
  4. (religion, Catholicism, in the plural) canonical hour of the divine office that follows the ninth, traditionally at eighteen o'clock

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