porfa
Galician
Adverb
porfa
- (informal, colloquial) contraction of por favor (“please”)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoɾfa/ [ˈpoɾ.fa]
- Rhymes: -oɾfa
- Syllabification: por‧fa
Adverb
porfa
- (informal, colloquial) contraction of por favor (“please”)
See also
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)
- pasture, piece of ground for grazing; grass, herbage
- Synonym: pawr
- (South Wales) grass, lawn
- Synonym: glaswellt
Derived terms
- melog y borfa (“common lousewort”)
Mutation
| 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