alhures
Portuguese, adverb/aˈʎu.ɾis/
alhures is a Portuguese adverb meaning “elsewhere (in or at some other place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “noutro lugar”.
What does alhures mean in English?
adverb
- 1
elsewhere (in or at some other place)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. noutro lugar 2. algures
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.
How do you pronounce alhures?
- Brazil /aˈʎu.ɾis/
- /aˈʎu.ɾiʃ/
- Portugal /ɐˈʎu.ɾɨʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alhures in Portuguese?
alhures appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).