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hora.

hour (period of sixty minutes)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔ.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈɔ.ɾɐ/Portugal/ˈɔ.ɾa/Northeast-Brazil/ˈɔ.ɾɐ/Northeast-Brazil

  1. hour (period of sixty minutes)

    feminine
    Há vinte e quatro horas num dia.
    Ele estava aqui há uma hora.

  2. time (point in time)

    feminine
    A alguma hora, eu passo aí.
    Que horas são?
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor. Latin hōra Old Galician-Portuguese ora Portuguese hora Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra. Doublet of ora.

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