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ca.

than

2 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

conj/ka/Brazil/kɐ/Portugal

  1. than

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Portuguese ca Inherited from Latin quam. Compare Galician ca.

conj/ka/Brazil/kɐ/Portugal

  1. for, because

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quī Latin iam univ. Latin quia Portuguese ca Inherited from Latin quia.

contraction/ka/Brazil/kɐ/Portugal

  1. contraction of com + a: feminine singular of co

    abbreviation · alt-of · colloquial · contraction
Where this word comes from

From ecthlipsis and crasis of com a.

adv/ka/Brazil/kɐ/Portugal

  1. obsolete spelling of cá

    alt-of · not-comparable · obsolete

  2. misspelling of cá

    alt-of · misspelling · not-comparable
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