freguês

See also: fregués

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old 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)

  1. regular[1][2][3] (frequent customer, client or business partner)
  2. customer[1][2][3] (one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so)
  3. (Brazil, sports, derogatory) sports team that often loses to a particular opponent,[3] or member of such team[1]
  4. (Portugal) parishioner[1][2] (citizen or inhabitant of an administrative parish of Portugal)

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