freguês

See also: fregués

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feegres, from Vulgar Latin fīl(ius) ecclēsiae (“son of the church”). Cognate with Galician fregués and Spanish feligrés.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾeˈɡe(j)s/ [fɾeˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɾɛˈɡeʃ/ [fɾɛˈɣeʃ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -es, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃ
  • Hyphenation: fre‧guês

Noun

freguês m (plural fregueses, feminine freguesa, feminine plural freguesas)

  1. regular (frequent customer, client or business partner)
  2. customer (one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so)
    Synonym: cliente
  3. (Brazil, sports, derogatory) sports team that often loses to a particular opponent, or member of such team
  4. (Portugal) parishioner (citizen or inhabitant of an administrative parish of Portugal)

Derived terms

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