estrangeiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• estrangeyro (obsolete)
• extrangeiro (obsolete)
• estrangêro (eye dialect, Brazilian)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese strangeiro, from Old French estrangier (Modern French étranger).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(j).ɾu/ [is.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /es.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(j).ɾu/ [es.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(j).ɾu/ [is.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /es.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(j).ɾu/ [es.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(j).ɾu/ [iʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /eʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(j).ɾu/ [eʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(j).ɾo/ [es.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒɐj.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: es‧tran‧gei‧ro

Noun

estrangeiro m (plural estrangeiros, feminine estrangeira, feminine plural estrangeiras)

1. foreigner

   Synonyms: gringo, forasteiro

Noun

estrangeiro m (uncountable)

1. (dated, except regional) exterior, foreign lands

   Synonym: exterior

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:estrangeiro.

Adjective

estrangeiro (feminine estrangeira, masculine plural estrangeiros, feminine plural estrangeiras, comparable, comparative mais estrangeiro, superlative o mais estrangeiro or estrangeiríssimo)

1. (not comparable) from a different country; foreign
2. (comparable) belonging to a different culture; foreign

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:estrangeiro.

Further reading

• “estrangeiro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913