oxalá

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ʃaˈla/

  • Hyphenation: o‧xa‧lá
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Homophone: Oxalá

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish ojalá, from Arabic وَشَاءَ ٱلله (wašāʔa llāh, “and may God will it”)[1][2] or لَوْ شَاءَ ٱلله (law šāʔa llāh, “if God wills it”). Compare English inshallah.

Adverb

oxalá (not comparable)

  1. hopefully (I hope that)
    Synonym: tomara

Interjection

oxalá!

  1. I hope so; let’s hope so
    Synonym: tomara

Etymology 2

Noun

oxalá m (uncountable)

  1. alternative letter-case form of Oxalá

References

  1. ^ “oxalá”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “oxalá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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