alforria

See also: alforría

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.foˈʁi.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.foˈhi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.foˈʁi.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.foˈhi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.foˈʁi.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.foˈχi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.foˈʁi.a/ [aʊ̯.foˈhi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fuˈʁi.ɐ/ [aɫ.fuˈʁi.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧for‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

From Arabic اَلْحُرِّيَّة (al-ḥurriyya, “freedom”). Compare Spanish alhorría.

Noun

alforria f (plural alforrias)

1. (historical) manumission (act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves)

   Synonym: manumissão

2. release from oppression, emancipation

Antonyms

• escravização

Derived terms

• alforriar
• carta de alforria

Related terms

• forro

See also

• escravo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alforria

1. inflection of alforriar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative