alforria

See also: alforría

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.foˈʁi.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.foˈhi.ɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aw.foˈʁi.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.foˈχi.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.foˈʁi.a/ [aʊ̯.foˈhi.a]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fuˈʁi.ɐ/ [aɫ.fuˈʁi.ɐ]

  • Hyphenation: al‧for‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

From Arabic اَلْحُرِّيَّة‎ (al-ḥurriyya, “freedom”).

Noun

alforria f (plural alforrias)

  1. (historical) manumission (act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves)
    Synonym: manumissão
  2. release from oppression, emancipation
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alforria

  1. inflection of alforriar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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