albergar

Catalan

Verb

albergar (first-person singular present albergo, first-person singular preterite alberguí, past participle albergat)

1. To lodge; put up
2. to store

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Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish [Term?]. See English auberge.

Verb

albergar

1. to host; to lodge (provide a place to stay)
   • 12th century, Garin d'Apchier, Mos Cominals fai ben parer

     ni·l voilla albergar un ser

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese albergar, from albergue (“hostel”) + -ar.

Verb

1. to lodge at a hostel
2. (epidemiology) to harbour (to be the host of an organism)

Synonyms

• (to lodge): hospedar
• (to harbour an organism): hospedar

Related terms

• albergado
• albergador
• albergagem
• albergamento

• albergaria
• albergue
• albergueiro
• alberguista

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Medieval Latin albergum, from Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰 (*haribairga), from Proto-Germanic *harjabergō. Compare German Herberge and English harbor as well as harbinger. Also compare French auberge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albeɾˈɡaɾ/ [al.β̞eɾˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

1. to house, shelter, lodge

Derived terms

• albergo
• albergue

Further reading

• “albergar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014