hóspede

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See also: hospede and hospedé

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ospede (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin hospitem, accusative singular of hospes.

Pronunciation

Noun

hóspede m or f (plural hóspedes)

  1. lodger, boarder
  2. guest
    Synonyms: convidado, visita
    O hóspede e o peixe, ós tres días feden (proverb)Guest and fish, they stink after three days
    • 1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:
      Et que esta Roupa que seja ena enfermaria para os frayres doentes ou para os frayres que foren ospedes que os mays mester ouueren
      And that this clothes that are in the infirmary must be for the sick friars or for the friars that were guests that have the most need for them

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ospede, from Latin hospitem, from Proto-Italic *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, possibly corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European root *gʰost(i)potis, a compound of *gʰóstis and *pótis. See also hoste. Compare Spanish huésped.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: hós‧pe‧de

Noun

hóspede m or f by sense (plural hóspedes)

  1. guest (person lodged in someone else’s house)
    Coordinate term: anfitrião

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