porfa

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Galician[edit]

Adverb[edit]

porfa

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

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

porfa

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

See also[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

porfa m (plural porfeydd or porfaoedd or porfau)

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

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
porfa borfa mhorfa phorfa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • 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