oxalá

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish ojalá, from Arabic لَوْشَاءَ اللّٰه (lawšāʔa allāh, “and may God will it”).[1][2] Compare English inshallah.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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oxalá (not comparable)

  1. hopefully (I hope that)

Interjection

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oxalá!

  1. I hope so; let’s hope so

References

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  1. ^ “oxalá”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “oxalá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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