oxalá
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]oxalá (not comparable)
- hopefully (I hope that)
Interjection
[edit]oxalá!
- I hope so; let’s hope so
References
[edit]- ^ “oxalá”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “oxalá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024