inquilino

Galician

Etymology

From Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iŋkiˈlino/ [iŋ.kiˈli.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

1. tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)

   Synonyms: alugueiro, arrendatario, locatario, rendeiro

Further reading

• “inquilino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inquilīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.kwiˈli.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: in‧qui‧lì‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilini, feminine inquilina)

1. tenant, occupant

Derived terms

• coinquilino
• inquilinismo

Related terms

• inquilinato

Further reading

• inquilino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• inquilino in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋ.kʷɪˈliː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iŋ.kʷiˈliː.no]

Etymology 1

From inquilīnus (“tenant”) + -ō (forming regular 1st conjugation verbs).

Verb

inquilīnō (present infinitive inquilīnāre, perfect active inquilīnāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to be a tenant

Conjugation

   Conjugation of inquilīnō (first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	inquilīnō		inquilīnās		inquilīnat		inquilīnāmus		inquilīnātis		inquilīnant
	imperfect	inquilīnābam		inquilīnābās		inquilīnābat		inquilīnābāmus		inquilīnābātis		inquilīnābant
	future	inquilīnābō		inquilīnābis		inquilīnābit		inquilīnābimus		inquilīnābitis		inquilīnābunt
	perfect	inquilīnāvī		inquilīnāvistī		inquilīnāvit		inquilīnāvimus		inquilīnāvistis		inquilīnāvērunt, inquilīnāvēre
	pluperfect	inquilīnāveram		inquilīnāverās		inquilīnāverat		inquilīnāverāmus		inquilīnāverātis		inquilīnāverant
	future perfect	inquilīnāverō		inquilīnāveris		inquilīnāverit		inquilīnāverimus		inquilīnāveritis		inquilīnāverint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	inquilīnem		inquilīnēs		inquilīnet		inquilīnēmus		inquilīnētis		inquilīnent
	imperfect	inquilīnārem		inquilīnārēs		inquilīnāret		inquilīnārēmus		inquilīnārētis		inquilīnārent
	perfect	inquilīnāverim		inquilīnāverīs		inquilīnāverit		inquilīnāverīmus		inquilīnāverītis		inquilīnāverint
	pluperfect	inquilīnāvissem		inquilīnāvissēs		inquilīnāvisset		inquilīnāvissēmus		inquilīnāvissētis		inquilīnāvissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		inquilīnā		—		—		inquilīnāte		—
	future	—		inquilīnātō		inquilīnātō		—		inquilīnātōte		inquilīnantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		inquilīnāre			—			inquilīnāns			—
perfect		inquilīnāvisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		inquilīnandī		inquilīnandō		inquilīnandum		inquilīnandō		—		—

Derived terms

• inquilīnātus (Late Latin)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

inquilīnō m

1. dative/ablative singular of inquilīnus

Further reading

• “inquĭlīno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inquĭlīno”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kiˈlĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kiˈlĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kiˈli.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kiˈli.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kiˈli.nu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɨˈli.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu
• Homophone: inclino (Southern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

1. tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)
2. (biology) inquiline (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another animal)

Further reading

• “inquilino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkiˈlino/ [ĩŋ.kiˈli.no]

• Audio (Mexico):

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

1. tenant, renter, lessee
2. tenant farmer

Derived terms

• inquilinaje

Further reading

• “inquilino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025