alheio

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: a‧lhei‧o

Etymology 1

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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

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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]
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Noun

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alheio m (plural alheios)

  1. alien
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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alheio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alhear

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