Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese aloguer (rental) (13th century, Alfonso X); ultimately from Latin allocāre.

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Noun

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aluguer m (plural alugueres)

  1. rental; rent
    • 1344, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 192:
      et outrosy meu gaando que y trago, que tragem de min a aluger homes que hy moran
      and also the cattle that I have there, that men that dwell there have from me in rental
    • 1912, Alberto Aguilera y Arjona, Dereito consuetudinario, page 28:
      Estraños arrendamentos de servizos, algún gravemente delitivo, de odiosa e repugnante inmoralidade, como a manguela, máis divulgada e consentida do que a conciencia permite supoñer no partido de Becerreá, que consiste no aluguer de nenos defectuosos, enfermos e a veces sans e cruelmente deformados para dedicá-los á mendicidade ou para explotar ós últimos en circos nómades
      Weird service rentals, some of them seriously criminal, of detestable and abhorrent immorality, as the manguela, more spread and tolerated than good conscience allows in the Becerreá district, which consist in the rental of defective or sick children, sometimes sound or cruelly deformed, to dedicate them to begging or for exploiting the later in nomadic circuses
    Synonym: alugueiro
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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aloguer. Ultimately from Latin allocāre. Compare to alocar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.luˈɡɛɾ/ [ɐ.luˈɣɛɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.luˈɡɛ.ɾi/ [ɐ.luˈɣɛ.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: a‧lu‧guer

Noun

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aluguer m (plural alugueres) (chiefly Portugal)

  1. rent, rental
  2. income
  3. hire, hiring