alheio

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • 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
  5. (with preposition a) unknowing, unaware
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Noun

alheio m (plural alheios)

  1. alien
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Etymology 2

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

Verb

alheio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alhear
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