ir fóra

Galician

Etymology

From ir (to go) fóra (out), "to go out".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiɾ ˈfɔɾɐ]

Verb

ir fóra

  1. (intransitive) to go out (to leave, especially a building)
    Vou fóraI'm going out
    Synonyms: marchar, saír
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) to go out (to leave one's abode to go to public places)
    Manola vai fóra. Non sei cando virá.Manola went out. I don't know when she'll return.
    Synonym: saír
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) to go out (to become extinct, to expire)
    Cando a Candeloria chora, metá do inverno vai fóra (proverb)When it rains [vs. snows] by Candlemas, winter is going out (literally, “When Candlemas weeps, half the winter goes out”)
    Synonym: acabar

References

  • ir fóra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • ir fóra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • ir fóra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • ir fóra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • ir fóra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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