por enquanto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• por emquanto (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

Literally, “for while”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /puɾ ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /puɾ ĩˈkwɐ̃.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /puɾ ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /puɾ ĩˈkwɐ̃.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /puɾ ẽˈkwɐ̃.to/, (natural pronunciation) /puɾ ĩˈkwɐ̃.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/

Adverb

por enquanto (not comparable)

1. for now, for the time being (at the moment; until later)

   Synonyms: por agora, por ora

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Inverno [Winter]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], 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.