freguês

See also: fregués

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• freguez (obsolete)

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]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾeˈɡe(j)s/ [fɾeˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɾeˈɡe(j)ʃ/ [fɾeˈɡe(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɛˈɡeʃ/ [fɾɛˈɣeʃ]

• 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

• afreguesar
• freguesia