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.

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