á beira de
See also: à beira de
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]- beside
- Synonyms: a carón de, cabo de, onda
- 1887, Rufino Ribera Losada, O que son os casamentos pola nova:
- algún caído en trelos desa natureza tamén compara co lume á beira das estopas.
- some who have fallen in these kind of affairs [romantic love] compare them to the fire by the tows
- on the brink of
- Synonym: a pique de
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “á beira de”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “á beira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN