agora

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá).

• (UK) enPR: ăgʹə-rə, IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɡə.ɹə/

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agora (plural agorae or agoras)

1. A place for gathering.
   • 2011 September 27, Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, →ISBN:

     The custom was to dance its length, moving from partner to masked partner all the way to the agora, the city’s gathering place.

2. A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

• agoraphobia
• agorism

From Hebrew אֲגוֹרָה‎ (agorá), from the root א־ג־ר‎ (ʾ-g-r, “forming words relating to hoarding and storing”).

• (UK): enPR: ă-g'ə-räʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌæɡ.əˈɹɑː/

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agora (plural agorot or agoroth)

1. Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.

From Latin hāc hōrā.

agora

1. now

From Latin hāc hōrā.

agora

1. now

From Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡorɑ/, [ˈɑɡo̞rɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡorɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧go‧ra

agora

1. agora (marketplace in Classical Greece)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá).

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agora f (plural agoras)

1. agora

• “agora”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese agora, from Latin hac hora.

• IPA^(key): [aˈɣoɾɐ]

agora

1. now (at this time)
2. now (used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke)

   É bo. Agora, non é listo ― He's good. Now, he's not clever

• “agora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “agora” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “agora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “agora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “agora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• “agora” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• aora

From Latin hāc hōrā.

agora (Latin spelling)

1. now

From the Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡo.ra/, [ˈäɡɔrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡo.ra/, [ˈäːɡorä]

agora f (genitive agorae); first declension

1. agora

First-declension noun.

• agorānomus

• “agora”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “agora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “agora”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “agora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Portuguese agora.

agora

1. now

   Agora sezâ alta.

   The sun is high now.

agora

1. since

   Agora ele sai, sua mai sâm mais feliçata.

   Since he left, his mom has been happier.

2. on the other hand; while

   Io sâm remana, agora io irmam sâm adap.

   I am rich, while my brother’s hard for cash.

From Latin hāc hōrā.

agora

1. now

• agor'

From Latin hāc hōrā.

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡo.ɾa/

agora

1. now
   • 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Estêvão Travanca, A 185: Pois m'en'tal coita ten Amor (facsimile)

     dizede mi agora por deus

     For God's sake, tell me now

• ora

• Fala: agora
• Galician: agora
• Portuguese: agora (see there for further descendants)

From Latin hāc hōrā.

• IPA^(key): /aˈɣoɾa/

agora

1. now
   • betw. 1140-1207, anonymous, Cid 1269:

     Agora auemos riq͠za mas auremos adelant

     We now have riches, we shall have more later on

• Spanish: agora, ahora
• Ladino: agora, aora

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: a‧go‧ra

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá).

agora f

1. (Ancient Greece, historical) agora (marketplace in Classical Greece)

   Hypernym: plac

2. (Ancient Greece, historical) agora (gathering of people in an agora)

   Hypernym: zgromadzenie

3. (formal) assembly, conference, summit (meeting for discussing serious issues)

   Hypernym: spotkanie

4. (formal) summit (place for having a serious meeting)

Borrowed from Hebrew אֲגוֹרָה‎.

agora f

1. agora (currency of Israel)

• agora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• agora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Old Portuguese agora, from Latin hāc hōrā. Compare Spanish ahora.

• Hyphenation: a‧go‧ra

agora (not comparable)

1. now; right now (at the present time)

   Synonyms: já, agora mesmo

   Agora vou embora.

   Now I will leave.

   Querem nos matar agora.

   They want to kill us right now.

2. now; any more (differently from the past)

   Synonym: mais

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 434:

     O coração de Harry batia acelerado agora.

     Harry's heart was beating quickly now.

   Agora eu não gosto de ler.

   Now I don’t like reading.

3. just now (very recently)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) agorinha, agora há pouco

   Ele falou isso agora.

   He said that just now.

4. this (in the current or next [date])

   Synonym: neste

   Eu volto para casa sexta-feira agora.

   I’m going back home this Friday.

• agora mesmo
• agora ou nunca
• agora que
• de agora
• de agora em diante
• por agora

• Macau Pidgin Portuguese: 亞哥立, 亞哥邏
• Papiamentu: awor
• Tetum: agora

agora

1. on the other hand; whereas; while (introduces an example that is the opposite of the previous example)

   Synonyms: já, por outro lado, enquanto

   Eu leio um livro todo mês, agora meus amigos não leem nem um por ano.

   I read one book every month; my friends, on the other hand, don’t even read one per year.

2. (familiar, introducing various clauses) sometimes … sometimes

   Synonyms: às vezes … às vezes/outras vezes, ora … ora

   Agora comemos carne, agora comemos salada.

   Sometimes we eat meat, sometimes we eat salad.

From French agora.

agora f (uncountable)

1. agora

From Old Spanish agora, from Latin hāc hōrā.

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡoɾa/ [aˈɣ̞o.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: a‧go‧ra

agora

1. (obsolete or dialectal) see the standard form ahora

According to Coromines and Pascual, in use in writing until the 17th century, and it remains in use to this day in various less prestigious dialects.

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “hora”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 387-388
• “agora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Portuguese agora.

agora

1. now

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá).

agora (definite accusative agorayı, plural agoralar)

1. agora (marketplace in Classical Greece)

• agora in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈɡɔra/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈɡoːra/, /aˈɡɔra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra

agora

1. inflection of agor:
   1. third-person singular present indicative/future literary
   2. second-person singular imperative colloquial