freguesia
See also: freguesía
Portuguese
Etymology
From freguês (“parishioner; customer”) + -ia. Compare Spanish feligresía, Galician freguesía.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾe.ɡeˈzi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾe.ɡeˈzi.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɾɛ.ɡɨˈzi.ɐ/ [fɾɛ.ɣɨˈzi.ɐ]
- Hyphenation: fre‧gue‧si‧a
Noun
freguesia f (plural freguesias)
- parish; an administrative division in Portugal, Macau, and Cape Verde
- (business) the customers of a business, taken collectively
Further reading
- “freguesia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “freguesia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese freguesia. Doublet of feligresía.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɾeˈɡesja/ [fɾeˈɣ̞e.sja]
- Rhymes: -esja
- Syllabification: fre‧gue‧sia
Noun
freguesia f (plural freguesias)