alheio

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese allẽo, from Latin aliēnus (belonging to someone else, later exotic, foreign), from alius (other), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Cognate with Galician alleo, Spanish ajeno and Catalan aliè.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈʎej.u/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈʎɐj.u/, /ɐ.ˈʎej.u/
  • Hyphenation: a‧lhei‧o

Adjective

alheio m (feminine singular alheia, masculine plural alheios, feminine plural alheias, comparable)

  1. someone else’s, that belongs to someone else
  2. alien
  3. distracted
  4. (with preposition a) indifferent [to]
  5. (with preposition a) unknowing, unaware [of]

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:alheio.

Noun

alheio m (plural alheios)

  1. alien

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:alheio.

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