en lugar de
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese en lugar de (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): "in place of".
Preposition
[edit]- instead of; rather than
- Synonym: no canto de
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 146:
- Mays algũus a y que, en lugar de seerẽ conselleyros, som loamineyros
- But there are some that, rather than counselors, are flatterers
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “en lugar de”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “en lugar de”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “en lugar de”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]- instead of
- Synonym: en vez de
Further reading
[edit]- “en lugar de”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10