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inquilino.

tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ĩ.kiˈlĩ.nu/Brazil/ĩ.kiˈli.nu/Portugal/ĩ.kɨˈli.nu/Portugal, Southern
  1. tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)

    masculine
  2. inquiline (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another animal)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *enkʷelō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Proto-Italic *enkʷilīnos Latin inquilīnuslbor. Portuguese inquilino Learned borrowing from Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).

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