alugar
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Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese alugar, from Latin allocare. Cognate with Portuguese alugar and French louer.
Pronunciation
Verb
alugar (first-person singular present alugo, first-person singular preterite aluguei, past participle alugado)
- (transitive) to hire, to employ
- 1881, J. A, Saco y Arce (ed.), Literatura popular de Galicia:
- Miña ama do inverno / Alugaime polo vran / Para vos sachá-lo millo / E para comé-lo pan (folk song)
- My mistress of the winter, hire me in the summer, for collecting the corn, and for eating the bread
- 1881, J. A, Saco y Arce (ed.), Literatura popular de Galicia:
- (transitive) to rent
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 711:
- Et tragía doze naues, que alugara de mercadores por mil morauedís
- And he brought twelve ships that he had rented from merchants for a thousand moravedis
- Synonym: arrendar
- (transitive) to rent out
- 1293, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 269:
- alugamos a uos Pedro Eanes e a uosa muler Maria Peres da Repostaria mea casa que y auemos na rua de Sant Antolio
- we rent out to you Pedro Eanes and to your wife Maria Perez da Respotaría my house that we have there in Saint Antony's street
- Synonym: arrendar
- (pronominal) to hire; to accept employment
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alugar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alugar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alugar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “alugar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alugar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese alugar, from Latin allocāre. Doublet of alocar, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lu‧gar
Verb
alugar (first-person singular present alugo, first-person singular preterite aluguei, past participle alugado)
- to rent, to hire
- Quero alugar um carro.
- I'd like to rent a car.
- to let
- Queria alugar este quarto a um estudante.
- I want to let this room to a student.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
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