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mora.

a delay

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. a delay

    feminine
  2. a delay in the payment of a debt

    feminine
  3. a mulct for not paying a debt in time

    feminine
  4. mora (unit of syllable weight)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- Proto-Indo-European *morh₂éh₂ Proto-Italic *morā Latin moralbor. Portuguese mora Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“delay”).

verb/ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of morar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of morar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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