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Portuguese
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese feegres, from Vulgar Latin fīl(ius) ecclēsiae (“son of the church”). Cognate with Galician fregués and Spanish feligrés.
Pronunciation
Noun
freguês m (plural fregueses, feminine freguesa, feminine plural freguesas)
- regular (frequent customer, client or business partner)
- customer (one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so)
- (Brazil, sports, derogatory) sports team that often loses to a particular opponent, or member of such team
- (Portugal) parishioner (citizen or inhabitant of an administrative parish of Portugal)
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