feligrés

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Noun

feligrés m (plural feligresos, feminine feligresa)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of feligrès

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish filiigleses, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *fili eclesiae, from the vocative of Latin filius + the genitive of ecclesia.[1] Compare Portuguese freguês.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feliˈɡɾes/
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: fe‧li‧grés

Noun

feligrés m (plural feligreses, feminine feligresa, feminine plural feligresas)

  1. (colloquial) parishioner, churchgoer
    Synonym: parroquiano
  2. (colloquial) regular (someone who often frequents an establishment, especially a bar)
    Synonym: parroquiano

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “feligrés”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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