por enquanto
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
edit- por emquanto (pre-reform spelling)
Etymology
editLiterally, “for while”.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
editpor enquanto (not comparable)
- for now, for the time being (at the moment; until later)
- 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.