enfiteuse

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• emphyteuse (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin emphyteusis, from Ancient Greek ἐμφύτευσις (emphúteusis, “tenure of a type of leasehold”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fiˈtew.zi/ [ẽ.fiˈteʊ̯.zi], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fiˈtew.zi/ [ĩ.fiˈteʊ̯.zi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fiˈtew.zi/ [ẽ.fiˈteʊ̯.zi], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fiˈtew.zi/ [ĩ.fiˈteʊ̯.zi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fiˈtew.ze/ [ẽ.fiˈteʊ̯.ze], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fiˈtew.ze/ [ĩ.fiˈteʊ̯.ze]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.fiˈtew.zɨ/

Noun

enfiteuse f (plural enfiteuses)

1. (law) emphyteusis (long-term right to use a property on condition of taking care of it and paying taxes)

   Synonym: aforamento

Related terms

• enfiteuta
• enfiteuticação
• enfiteuticado
• enfiteuticar
• enfiteuticário
• enfitêutico