já
Portuguese
/ʒa/
adv
Definitions
- (usually preceding verbs in the past tense) already indicating that something has happened before
- (usually following verbs in the present tense) now at this instant
- (in negative sentences, preceding the adverb m) any more; any longer
- (usually preceding verbs in the present tense) in a minute; soon
- (preceding noun phrases) on the other hand, however
- (preceding a verb in the passive participle) ever
- (Portugal) really used for emphasis
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese ja inherited from Latin iam (already, now, before, earlier) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yē (already).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yē
Gloss
already
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- etiam Latin
- iam Latin
- iamdudum Latin
- iampridem Latin
- quoniam Latin
- già Italian
- déjà French
- jà French
- ya Spanish, Castilian
- *Hyā́m Proto-Indo-European
- *yē Proto-Indo-European
- *ja Proto-Germanic
- ēow Old English
- ja Old French
- ja Catalan, Valencian
- xa Galician
- ja Old Portuguese
- ġa Maltese
- yá Asturian
- za Friulian
- ya Volapük
- ia Basque
- ya Chavacano
- já Indo-Portuguese