forasteiro

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan foraster (“foreigner”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.ɾasˈte(j).ɾu/ [fo.ɾasˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fo.ɾaʃˈte(j).ɾu/ [fo.ɾaʃˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.ɾasˈte(j).ɾo/ [fo.ɾasˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾɐʃˈtɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾɐʃˈtej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾɐʃˈtej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾɐʃˈte.ɾu/

Hyphenation: fo‧ras‧tei‧ro

Adjective

forasteiro (feminine forasteira, masculine plural forasteiros, feminine plural forasteiras, not comparable)

foreign
Synonym: estrangeiro

Noun

forasteiro m (plural forasteiros, feminine forasteira, feminine plural forasteiras)

foreigner
Synonym: estrangeiro
stranger

Related terms

afora
foragir
foragido

References

“forasteiro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
“forasteiro” in iDicionário Aulete.

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