alá vai
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alá (“there”) vai (“he/she/it goes”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- (idiomatic) "and there it goes"; used to express a sudden event with, usually, negative outcome
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Virés acò meu Dieguiño
cando ò tempo milloràr,
porqe si escorrega á Besta
è esbarroufàs, alabay.- You'll come here my little Diego
when the weather improves
because if the mount slips
and you sprawl, there it goes!
- You'll come here my little Diego
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alá vai”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alá vai”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN