alienígena
See also: alienigena
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aliēnigena (“stranger; alien”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.li.eˈni.ʒe.nɐ/ [a.lɪ.eˈni.ʒe.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈni.ʒe.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.li.eˈni.ʒe.na/ [a.lɪ.eˈni.ʒe.na], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈni.ʒe.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ljɛˈni.ʒɨ.nɐ/, /ɐ.ljɐˈni.ʒɨ.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: a‧li‧e‧ní‧ge‧na
Adjective
alienígena m or f (plural alienígenas, not comparable)
- alien; stranger
- Synonyms: estrangeiro, forasteiro
- extraterrestrial
- Synonyms: extraterrestre, extraterreno
- Antonyms: terreno, terrestre
Related terms
Noun
alienígena m or f by sense (plural alienígenas)
- stranger; foreigner
- Synonym: estrangeiro
- alien; extraterrestrial
- Synonyms: ET, extraterrestre, alien
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aliēnigena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aljeˈnixena/ [a.ljeˈni.xe.na]
- Rhymes: -ixena
- Syllabification: a‧lie‧ní‧ge‧na
Adjective
alienígena m or f (masculine and feminine plural alienígenas)
- alien, extraterrestrial
- Synonym: extraterrestre
- strange, rare, unnatural
- Synonym: alienígeno
- feminine singular of alienígeno
Related terms
Further reading
- “alienígena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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