agora

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá).

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

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

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/

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

agora

1. agora (marketplace in Classical Greece)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá).

agora f (plural agoras)

1. agora

• “agora” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin hac hora.

agora

1. now

• “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/, [ˈa.ɡɔ.ra]

agora f (genitive agorae); first declension

1. agora

First declension.

• 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
  • Papiamentu: awor

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡɔ.ra/

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agora f

1. agora (marketplace in Classical Greece)

• agora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Portuguese agora, from Latin hāc hōrā.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈɡɔ.ɾɐ/, [ɐ.ˈɣɔ.ɾɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈɡɔ.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: a‧go‧ra

agora (not comparable)

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

   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)
   • 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 ler.

   Now I don’t like reading.

3. just now (very recently)

   Ele falou isso agora.

   He said that just now.

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

   Eu volto para casa sexta-feira agora.

   I’m going back home this Friday.

• (right now): já, agora mesmo
• (differently from the past): mais
• (just now): agorinha, agora há pouco
• (in the current or next date): neste

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

agora

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

   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

   Agora comemos carne, agora comemos salada.

   Sometimes we eat meat, sometimes we eat salad.

• (on the other hand): já, por outro lado, enquanto
• (sometimes … sometimes): às vezes … às vezes/outras vezes, ora … ora

• Papiamentu: awor

From Latin hāc hōrā.

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡoɾa/, [aˈɣoɾa]

agora

1. Obsolete form of ahora.

• “agora” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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

agora

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