alheio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈʎej.u/ [aˈʎeɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈʎej.o/ [aˈʎeɪ̯.o]
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧lhei‧o

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alhẽo, from Latin aliēnus ("belonging to someone else", later "exotic, foreign"), from alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Compare Galician alleo, Spanish ajeno. Doublet of alien.

Adjective

alheio (feminine alheia, masculine plural alheios, feminine plural alheias)

  1. someone else’s, that belongs to someone else
    Não mexa nas coisas alheias. ― Don't touch other people's stuff.
  2. alien, foreign
    Uma terra alheia. ― A foreign land.
  3. distracted
  4. (with preposition a) indifferent [to]
  5. (with preposition a) unknowing, unaware [of]
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:alheio.
Derived terms

Noun

alheio m (plural alheios)

  1. alien
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:alheio.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alheio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alhear

Further reading

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