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GALICIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

en.

in

2 characters1 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

prep/ˈeŋ/[ˈɪŋ]
  1. in

  2. when preceding a verb or a complement of a verb it can denote an unfinished or continued action

    O Manuel vai na casa
    María beberrica no licor
  3. while; as soon as (used in a gerundial clause to emphasize its conditional or temporal meaning)

    En chegando mudas a roupa mollada
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese en, from Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.