alugar

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese alugar, from Latin allocare. Cognate with Portuguese alugar and French louer.

• IPA^(key): /aluˈɣaɾ/

alugar (first-person singular present alugo, first-person singular preterite aluguei, past participle alugado)

1. (transitive) to hire, to employ
   • 1881, J. A, Saco y Arce (ed.), Literatura popular de Galicia:

     Miña ama do inverno / Alugaime polo vran / Para vos sachá-lo millo / E para comé-lo pan (folk song)

     My mistress of the winter, hire me in the summer, for collecting the corn, and for eating the bread

   Synonyms: contratar, empregar

2. (transitive) to rent
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 711:

     Et tragía doze naues, que alugara de mercadores por mil morauedís

     And he brought twelve ships that he had rented from merchants for a thousand moravedis

   Synonym: arrendar

3. (transitive) to rent out
   • 1293, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 269:

     alugamos a uos Pedro Eanes e a uosa muler Maria Peres da Repostaria mea casa que y auemos na rua de Sant Antolio

     we rent out to you Pedro Eanes and to your wife Maria Perez da Respotaría my house that we have there in Saint Antony's street

   Synonym: arrendar

4. (pronominal) to hire; to accept employment

• alugueiro
• aluguer

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alugar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alugar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alugar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “alugar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alugar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese alugar, from Latin allocāre. Doublet of alocar, a borrowing.

• Hyphenation: a‧lu‧gar

alugar (first-person singular present alugo, first-person singular preterite aluguei, past participle alugado)

1. to rent, to hire

   Quero alugar um carro.

   I'd like to rent a car.

2. to let

   Queria alugar este quarto a um estudante.

   I want to let this room to a student.

• arrendar