inquilino

Galician

Etymology

From Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iŋkiˈlino/ [iŋ.kiˈli.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

1. tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)

   Synonyms: alugueiro, arrendatario, locatario, rendeiro

Further reading

• “inquilino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inquilīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.kwiˈli.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: in‧qui‧lì‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilini, feminine inquilina)

1. tenant, occupant

Derived terms

• coinquilino
• inquilinismo

Related terms

• inquilinato

Further reading

• inquilino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• inquilino in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.kʷiˈliː.noː/, [ɪŋkʷɪˈlʲiːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.kwiˈli.no/, [iŋkwiˈliːno]

Etymology 1

inquilīnus (“tenant”) +‎ -ō (1st conjugation verbal suffix)

Verb

inquilīnō (present infinitive inquilīnāre, perfect active inquilīnāvī, supine inquilīnātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. (intransitive) to be a tenant

Conjugation

   Conjugation of inquilīnō (first conjugation, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inquilīnō	inquilīnās	inquilīnat	inquilīnāmus	inquilīnātis	inquilīnant
	imperfect	inquilīnābam	inquilīnābās	inquilīnābat	inquilīnābāmus	inquilīnābātis	inquilīnābant
	future	inquilīnābō	inquilīnābis	inquilīnābit	inquilīnābimus	inquilīnābitis	inquilīnābunt
	perfect	inquilīnāvī	inquilīnāvistī	inquilīnāvit	inquilīnāvimus	inquilīnāvistis	inquilīnāvērunt, inquilīnāvēre
	pluperfect	inquilīnāveram	inquilīnāverās	inquilīnāverat	inquilīnāverāmus	inquilīnāverātis	inquilīnāverant
	future perfect	inquilīnāverō	inquilīnāveris	inquilīnāverit	inquilīnāverimus	inquilīnāveritis	inquilīnāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inquilīnem	inquilīnēs	inquilīnet	inquilīnēmus	inquilīnētis	inquilīnent
	imperfect	inquilīnārem	inquilīnārēs	inquilīnāret	inquilīnārēmus	inquilīnārētis	inquilīnārent
	perfect	inquilīnāverim	inquilīnāverīs	inquilīnāverit	inquilīnāverīmus	inquilīnāverītis	inquilīnāverint
	pluperfect	inquilīnāvissem	inquilīnāvissēs	inquilīnāvisset	inquilīnāvissēmus	inquilīnāvissētis	inquilīnāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	inquilīnā	—	—	inquilīnāte	—
	future	—	inquilīnātō	inquilīnātō	—	inquilīnātōte	inquilīnantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		inquilīnāre	inquilīnāvisse	inquilīnātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		inquilīnāns	—	inquilīnātūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		inquilīnandī	inquilīnandō	inquilīnandum	inquilīnandō	inquilīnātum	inquilīnātū

Derived terms

• inquilīnātus (Late Latin)

References

• “inquilino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inquilino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

inquilīnō m

1. dative/ablative singular of inquilīnus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kiˈlĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kiˈlĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kiˈli.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kiˈli.nu/, /ĩ.kɨˈli.nu/, (with elision) /ĩˈkli.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu
• Homophone: inclino (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

1. tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)
2. (biology) inquiline (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another animal)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkiˈlino/ [ĩŋ.kiˈli.no]

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

1. tenant, renter, lessee
2. tenant farmer

Derived terms

• inquilinaje

Further reading

• “inquilino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10