an emphatic exclamation, regarded as a characteristic utterance of Irish people
Word origin
C19: euphemistic alteration of by God!
begorra in American English
(bɪˈɡɔrə, -ˈɡɑrə, bi-)
interjection
Irish
(used as a euphemism for by God)
It's a fine day, begorra
Also: begorah, begorrah
Word origin
[1830–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baby talk, format, grid, isomerism, rococo