alheio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎej.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʎe.u/

• 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. indifferent [with a ‘to (something)’]
5. unknowing, unaware [with a ‘of (something)’]

Quotations

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

Derived terms

• alheiamente
• vergonha alheia

Related terms

• alhear
• alien

Noun

alheio m (plural alheios)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) 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

• “alheio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alheio”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “alheio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “alheio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026