conque
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
conque (plural conques)
- Alternative spelling of conch
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin concha. Doublet of conche.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
conque f (plural conques)
- conch (the mollusk)
Further reading[edit]
- “conque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested since 1697. Probably borrowed from Spanish conque.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
conque
- consequently, thus, hence, so
- Synonyms: así que, de xeito que
References[edit]
- “conque” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “conque” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “conque” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
conque
- consequently, thus, hence, so
- Synonyms: así que, por ende, por lo tanto, de ahí, por eso
- 2020 June 13, Mario Vargas Llosa, “Borges en su casa. Una entrevista de Mario Vargas Llosa”, in El País[1]:
- Alicia Jurado escribió un libro sobre mí. Yo le agradecí, le dije: “Sé que es bueno, pero el tema no me interesa o quizás me interesa demasiado, conque no voy a leerlo”.
- Alicia Jurado wrote a book about me. I thanked her and said, “I know it's good, but I'm not interested in the subject, or perhaps I'm overly interested in it, so I'm not going to read it.”
- so (used to express surprise)
- Synonym: así que
- ¡Conque hoy estabas enfermo!
- So you were ill today!
Further reading[edit]
- “conque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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