freguês
Portuguese, noun/fɾeˈɡe(j)s/
freguês is spelled F-R-E-G-U-Ê-S (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,685th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freguês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “regular (frequent customer, client or business partner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quem compra habitualmente de determinada pessoa”.
What does freguês mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineregular (frequent customer, client or business partner)
- 2
masculinecustomer (one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so)
- 3
Brazilderogatorymasculinesports team that often loses to a particular opponent, or member of such team
- 4
Portugalmasculineparishioner (citizen or inhabitant of an administrative parish of Portugal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. quem compra habitualmente de determinada pessoa 2. comprador, cliente 3. Habitante de uma freguesia
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 freguês
- fregueses plural
- freguesa feminine
- freguesas feminine plural
- freguez alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce freguês?
- Brazil /fɾeˈɡe(j)s/
- Brazil [fɾeˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
- /fɾeˈɡe(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to freguês
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is freguês in Portuguese?
freguês appears 1.1 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).