albergue

Attested in local Latin documents since the 12th century (albergaría since the 11th century). From Old Galician-Portuguese albergue, perhaps from Old Occitan albergue, from Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐍉 (*haribairgō).

• Hyphenation: al‧ber‧gue

albergue m (plural albergues)

1. hostel, lodging (temporary lodging place)

   Synonyms: albergaría, casa cuberta, hospital de peregrinos

2. hostel (temporary refuge for the poor)

   Synonym: asilo

3. (regional) minor dam

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “albergue”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alberg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “albergue”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “albergue”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “albergue”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

albergue

1. inflection of albergar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Hyphenation: al‧ber‧gue

From Old Galician-Portuguese albergue, from Old Occitan albergue, from Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐍉 (*haribairgō).

albergue m (plural albergues)

1. hostel (commercial overnight lodging place)

   Synonyms: albergaria, hospedaria, pousada

2. hostel (temporary refuge for the homeless)

   Synonyms: abrigo, asilo

• alberguinho (diminutive), alberguezinho (diminutive)

albergue

1. inflection of albergar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /alˈbeɾɡe/

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• Rhymes: -eɾɡe
• Syllabification: al‧ber‧gue

Deverbal from albergar. Compare French auberge, English auberge. Compare English harbor.

• albergo (obsolete)

albergue m (plural albergues)

1. hostel

   Synonym: hostal

albergue

1. inflection of albergar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “albergue”, 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