freguês
See also: fregués
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- freguez (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese feegres, from Vulgar Latin fīl(ius) ecclēsiae (“son of the church”). Cognate with Galician fregués and Spanish feligrés.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɾɛˈɣeʃ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾeˈɡe(j)s/
- Hyphenation: fre‧guês[1][2][3]
Noun
freguês m (plural fregueses, feminine freguesa, feminine plural freguesas)
- regular[1][2][3] (frequent customer, client or business partner)
- customer[1][2][3] (one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so)
- (Brazil, sports, derogatory) sports team that often loses to a particular opponent,[3] or member of such team[1]
- (Portugal) parishioner[1][2] (citizen or inhabitant of an administrative parish of Portugal)
Derived terms
- afreguesar
- freguesia
References
- “freguês” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “freguês” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2019.
- “freguês” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.