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

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
  2. (South Wales) grass, lawn

Mutation
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
  • 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
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