alora

See also: Alora and ălora

Istriot

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allora, from Latin ad illam hōram (literally “at that hour”).

Adverb

alora

1. then, so then

References

• 2015, Sandro Cergna, Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 23:

Slavomolisano

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alôra/

Adverb

alora

1. so, well then
   • 2010, Luigi Peca, La guerre à Acquaviva:

     Alora pa, ka biša gvera, ka pa je rivala kurta nasa ova gvera, mi, tuna žene aš ljuda, te ljuda veča… ka bihu veča zdrave – nò? mahu sa po hranit.

     Well then, during the war, when this war came close to us, we, all the women and men, the men (who were) more… who were healthier – you know? had to hide themselves.

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ad illam hōram (literally “at that hour”), possibly via Italian allora. Compare also French alors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈloɾa/ [aˈlo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: a‧lo‧ra

Adverb

alora

1. (obsolete) then, in that moment

Further reading

• “alora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025