em vão

Betekenis (Engels)

in vain (ending in failure; unsuccessfully)

Sinonieme

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ẽj̃ ˈvɐ̃w̃/
Etimologie (Engels)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese en vão. By surface analysis, em (“in”) + vão (“vain”).

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