Noun: fregués
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | fregués |
| Singular f | freguesa |
| Plural m | fregueses |
| Plural f | freguesas |
Sample Sentences
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Don Rodrigo, por la graça de Deus, Bispo de Mendonnedo, aos fiigreses et hommes boos moradores enna parrochia de Santiago de viueyro, saude et bendiçon (Don Rodrigo, by the Grace of God, bishop of Mondoñedo, to the parishioners and good men who dwell in the parish of Saint James of Viveiro, health and blessing) [1317, E. Cal Pardo, editor, De Viveiro en la Edad Media, Estudios Mindonienses, 7, page 112:]
Nouns inflected like fregués
beninés,
polonés,
gabonés,
marsellés,
dinamarqués,
cordobés,
ugandés,
nepalés,
neerlandés,
cantonés,
santiagués,
finlandés,
coruñés,
tailandés,
camerunés,
libanés,
neozelandés,
mirandés,
xaponés,
xavanés, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese feegres (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin fīl(ius) ecclēsiae (“son of the church”). Cognate with Portuguese freguês and Spanish feligrés. See: Portuguese Nouns '
freguês', Spanish Nouns '
feligrés'.
Verbs referencing "fregués"
Spanish Nouns
feligrés, Portuguese Nouns
freguês.
Translations