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lugar.

place (a location or position)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/luˈɡaʁ/Brazil[luˈɡah]Brazil/luˈɡaɾ/São-Paulo/luˈɡaʁ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. place (a location or position)

    masculine
    Não vamos a Camelote, é um lugar pateta.
  2. available room

    masculine
    Há lugar para cinco pessoas neste carro.
  3. place (a position within a rank)

    masculine
    Quem fica em primeiro lugar ganha medalha de ouro.
  4. opportunity (a chance for advancement, progress or profit)

    masculine · uncountable
    Não dê lugar à corrupção.
    Não tive lugar para terminar o serviço.
  5. a reserved or available seat

    masculine
    Teremos que comer em outro lugar, aqui não há mais lugares.
  6. a position in a book, song or film

    masculine
    Parei de ler o livro naquele lugar.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese logar, from Late Latin locālem (“local”), from Latin locus (“place”), from Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put”). Compare Galician lugar, Fala lugal, Asturian llugar, and Spanish lugar. Doublet of local.

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