"enquanto" meaning in Portuguese

See enquanto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Brazil], /ĩˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Brazil], /ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Brazil], /ĩˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Brazil], /ẽˈkwɐ̃.to/ [Southern-Brazil], /ĩˈkwɐ̃.to/ [Southern-Brazil], /ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enquanto, from en (“in”) + quanto (“how much”). Compare Spanish en cuanto. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|enquanto|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese enquanto, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|enquanto}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enquanto, {{m|roa-opt|en||in}} en (“in”), {{m|roa-opt|quanto||how much}} quanto (“how much”), {{cog|es|en cuanto}} Spanish en cuanto Head templates: {{head|pt|conjunction}} enquanto
  1. as; while (at the same time as)
    Sense id: en-enquanto-pt-conj-6zqiXVvn Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese prepositions Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 68 30 2 Disambiguation of Portuguese prepositions: 34 31 36
  2. while; whereas (introduces a situation that is contrasts with another situation)
    Sense id: en-enquanto-pt-conj-7Y8Sie3c Categories (other): Portuguese prepositions Disambiguation of Portuguese prepositions: 34 31 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: em quanto [obsolete] Derived forms: enquanto isso, por enquanto

Preposition

IPA: /ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Brazil], /ĩˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Brazil], /ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Brazil], /ĩˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Brazil], /ẽˈkwɐ̃.to/ [Southern-Brazil], /ĩˈkwɐ̃.to/ [Southern-Brazil], /ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enquanto, from en (“in”) + quanto (“how much”). Compare Spanish en cuanto. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|enquanto|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese enquanto, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|enquanto}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enquanto, {{m|roa-opt|en||in}} en (“in”), {{m|roa-opt|quanto||how much}} quanto (“how much”), {{cog|es|en cuanto}} Spanish en cuanto Head templates: {{head|pt|preposition}} enquanto
  1. (formal) as a (in the role of; being) Tags: formal Synonyms: como Related terms: durante
    Sense id: en-enquanto-pt-prep-aJMPOWxt Categories (other): Portuguese prepositions Disambiguation of Portuguese prepositions: 34 31 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: em quanto [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.