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Catalan
Verb
fregués
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of fregar
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese feegres (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin fīl(ius) ecclēsiae (“son of the church”). Cognate with Portuguese freguês and Spanish feligrés.
Pronunciation
Noun
fregués m (plural fregueses, feminine freguesa, feminine plural freguesas)
- parishioner
1317, E. Cal Pardo, editor, De Viveiro en la Edad Media, Estudios Mindonienses, 7, page 112:Don Rodrigo, por la graça de Deus, Bispo de Mendonnedo, aos fiigreses et hommes boos moradores enna parrochia de Santiago de viueyro, saude et bendiçon- Don Rodrigo, by the Grace of God, bishop of Mondoñedo, to the parishioners and good men who dwell in the parish of Saint James of Viveiro, health and blessing
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “feegres”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fiigres”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fregués”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fregués”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Verb
fregués
- second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of fregar