alheio
Portuguese, noun/aˈʎej.u/
alheio is spelled A-L-H-E-I-O (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,758th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alheio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alien” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of alhear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que é de outrem”.
What does alheio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
someone else’s, that belongs to someone else
Não mexa nas coisas alheias.
- 2
alien, foreign
Uma terra alheia.
- 3
distracted
- 4
indifferent
- 5
unknowing, unaware
noun
- 1
masculinealien
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of alhear
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que pertence a outros: 2. estranho, estrangeiro, exótico: 3. distraído, alheado, absorto: 4. que está deslocado, impróprio:
noun: 1. o que é de outrem
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alheio
- alheia feminine
- alheios masculine plural
- alheias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alheio?
- Brazil /aˈʎej.u/
- Brazil [aˈʎeɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /ɐˈʎɐj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alheio in Portuguese?
alheio appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).