hóspede

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ospede (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin hospitem, accusative singular of hospes.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔspede/ [ˈɔs̺.pe.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔspede
• Hyphenation: hós‧pe‧de

hóspede m or f (plural hóspedes)

1. lodger, boarder
2. guest

   Synonyms: convidado, visita

   O hóspede e o peixe, ós tres días feden (proverb) ― Guest and fish, they stink after three days

   • 1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:

     Et que esta Roupa que seja ena enfermaria para os frayres doentes ou para os frayres que foren ospedes que os mays mester ouueren

     And that this clothes that are in the infirmary must be for the sick friars or for the friars that were guests that have the most need for them

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ospede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ospede”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “hóspede”, 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), “hóspede”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old Galician-Portuguese ospede, from Latin hospitem, from Proto-Italic *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, possibly corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European root *gʰost(i)potis, a compound of *gʰóstis and *pótis. See also hoste. Compare Spanish huésped.

• Hyphenation: hós‧pe‧de

hóspede m or f by sense (plural hóspedes)

1. guest (person lodged in someone else’s house)

   Coordinate term: anfitrião

• hospedeiro

• hospedar
• hospedagem
• hospital
• hospitaleiro

• “hóspede”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “hóspede”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025