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Noun
feligrés m (plural feligresos, feminine feligresa)
- (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)
- (colloquial) parishioner, churchgoer
- Synonym: parroquiano
- (colloquial) regular (someone who often frequents an establishment, especially a bar)
- Synonym: parroquiano
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