porfa
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoɾfa/ [ˈpoɾ.fa]
- Rhymes: -oɾfa
- Syllabification: por‧fa
Adverb
porfa
- (informal, colloquial) Contraction of por favor (“please”).
See also
- por faplís
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
- (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