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opor

1. vacation

• IPA^(key): [ˈopor]

opor

1. genitive plural of opora

• opoñer

From Latin oppōnere.

• IPA^(key): [oˈpɔɾ]

opor (first-person singular present opoño, first-person singular preterite opuxen, past participle oposto)
opor (first-person singular present oponho, first-person singular preterite opugem or opus, past participle oposto, reintegrationist norm)

1. to oppose

While opoñer is the more widespread form of this verb, some Galician-speaking regions favor the form opor and the correspondingly different conjugation.

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “opoer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “opoe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “opor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “opor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “opoñer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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opor (plural opor-opor)

1. meat dish fried in santan (coconut flesh soaked in water)

opor

1. to offer (used in the form mengopor)

opor

1. romanization of ꦲꦺꦴꦥꦺꦴꦂ

• oppor, oppôr (obsolete)

Likely a semi-learned borrowing from Latin oppōnere, modified by analogy with inherited pôr.

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: o‧por

opor (first-person singular present oponho, first-person singular preterite opus, past participle oposto)

1. (pronominal) to oppose, to be against [with a ‘someone or something’]

   A maioria da população se opôs ao projeto de lei.

   The majority of the population opposed the law project.

2. (ditransitive) to put in front of

   Synonym: contrapor

   Ele opôs o objeto ao espelho.

   He put the object in front of the mirror.

3. (figurative, ditransitive) to put against

   O debate acalorado opôs conservadores a progressistas.

   The heated debate put conservatives against progressists.

• IPA^(key): /ôpor/
• Hyphenation: o‧por

ȍpor (Cyrillic spelling о̏пор, definite ȍporī, comparative oporiji)

1. strong, sharp, pungent (of a flavor or taste)
2. vulgar, crude