ás veces
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese aas vezes (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): ás + veces ~ "at occasions". Compare Portuguese às vezes and Spanish a veces.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as ˈβeθe̝s/, (western) /as ˈβese̝s/
Adverb
- sometimes; occasionally
- Synonym: ás vegadas
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 88:
- ẽna lide põ ome aas vezes o corpo et a alma que llo nõ dan por ouro nẽ por prata nẽ cousa que aia.
- in the fight a man puts sometimes body and soul, which they won't give by gold nor silver nor any other thing that exists
- 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:
- As veces ruyn gadela roy boa correa
- Sometimes a bad bitch gnaws a good leash
References
- “vezes” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “aas vezes” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “veces” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ás veces” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ás veces” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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