alforria

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See also: alforría

Portuguese

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alforria

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.foˈʁi.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.foˈʁi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.foˈʁi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fuˈʁi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: al‧for‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

From Arabic اَلْحُرِّيَّة (al-ḥurriyya, “freedom”). Compare Spanish alhorría.

Noun

alforria f (plural alforrias)

(historical) manumission (act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves)
Synonym: manumissão
release from oppression, emancipation

Antonyms

escravização

Derived terms

Related terms

forro

See also

escravo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alforria

inflection of alforriar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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