por mor de
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾˈmoɾðe̝/
Preposition
- due to, because of
- 1878, Francisco Añón, untitled:
- Por mor de certa rabuxa
pelengrinei por Europa
marexaba vento en popa
pero dixen ¡ai da puxa!
xa lle vin o rabo á cruxa,
ando feito un sapo cuncho
volvome ao patrio corruncho- Because of certain rage
I pilgrimaged along Europe
I was sailing with tailwind
but I said to myself, geez!
I've already seen the owl's tail
and I'm look like a tortoise
I'm getting back to the fatherland's corner
- Because of certain rage
- Synonym: alor
- 1878, Francisco Añón, untitled:
References
- “por mor de” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “por mor de” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Further reading
- “por mor de”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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