por enquanto
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Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- por emquanto (pre-reform)
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “for while”.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
[edit]por enquanto (not comparable)
- for now, for the time being (at the moment; until later)
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Inverno [Winter]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives][1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 96:
- Por emquanto a inundação crescia, matava bichos, occupava grotas e varzeas.
- For the time being, the flood kept rising, killing animals, filling grottos and lowlands.