alienígena

See also: alienigena

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aliēnigena (“stranger; alien”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈni.ʒe.nɐ/ [a.lɪ.eˈni.ʒe.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈni.ʒe.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈni.ʒe.nɐ/ [a.lɪ.eˈni.ʒe.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈni.ʒe.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈni.ʒe.na/ [a.lɪ.eˈni.ʒe.na], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈni.ʒe.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ljɛˈni.ʒɨ.nɐ/, /ɐ.ljɐˈni.ʒɨ.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧e‧ní‧ge‧na

Adjective

alienígena m or f (plural alienígenas, not comparable)

1. alien; stranger

   Synonyms: estrangeiro, forasteiro

2. extraterrestrial

   Synonyms: extraterrestre, extraterreno

   Antonyms: terreno, terrestre

Related terms

• alheabilidade
• alheação
• alheado
• alheador
• alheamento
• alhear
• alheável
• alheio
• alienabilidade
• alienação
• alienado
• alienador
• alienante
• alienar
• alienável
• alienista

Noun

alienígena m or f by sense (plural alienígenas)

1. stranger; foreigner

   Synonym: estrangeiro

2. alien; extraterrestrial

   Synonyms: ET, extraterrestre, alien

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aliēnigena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aljeˈnixena/ [a.ljeˈni.xe.na]
• Rhymes: -ixena
• Syllabification: a‧lie‧ní‧ge‧na

Adjective

alienígena m or f (masculine and feminine plural alienígenas)

1. alien, extraterrestrial

   Synonym: extraterrestre

2. strange, rare, unnatural

   Synonym: alienígeno

3. feminine singular of alienígeno

Related terms

• alienígeno

 

Further reading

• “alienígena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28