lugarejo

Portuguese

Etymology

From lugar +‎ -ejo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.ɡaˈɾe.ʒo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ɡɐˈɾɐ(j).ʒu/ [lu.ɣɐˈɾɐ(j).ʒu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ɡɐˈɾɐ(j).ʒu/ [lu.ɣɐˈɾɐ(j).ʒu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ɡɐˈɾe.ʒu/ [lu.ɣɐˈɾe.ʒu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ɡɐˈɾe.ʒu/ [lu.ɣɐˈɾe.ʒu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ɡɐˈɾe.ʒu/ [lu.ɣɐˈɾe.ʒu]

• Hyphenation: lu‧ga‧re‧jo

Noun

lugarejo m (plural lugarejos)

1. hamlet

   Synonyms: arraial, aldeola, aldeota

Further reading

• “lugarejo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “lugarejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luɡaˈɾexo/ [lu.ɣ̞aˈɾe.xo]
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: lu‧ga‧re‧jo

Noun

lugarejo m (plural lugarejos)

1. one-horse town