alheio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʎej.u/ [aˈʎeɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʎej.u/ [aˈʎeɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʎej.o/ [aˈʎeɪ̯.o]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎej.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎe.u/

• Hyphenation: a‧lhei‧o

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alhẽo, from Latin aliēnus ("belonging to someone else", later "exotic, foreign"), from alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Compare Galician alleo, Spanish ajeno. Doublet of alien.

Adjective

alheio (feminine alheia, masculine plural alheios, feminine plural alheias)

1. someone else’s, that belongs to someone else
2. alien
3. distracted
4. (with preposition a) indifferent [to]
5. (with preposition a) unknowing, unaware [of]

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alheio.

Related terms

• alhear

Noun

alheio m (plural alheios)

1. alien

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alheio.

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese alhẽo, from Latin aliēnō. Compare Galician alleo.

Verb

alheio

1. first-person singular present indicative of alhear