lugar

Meaning

  1. (masculine) place (a location or position)
  2. (masculine) available room
  3. (masculine) place (a position within a rank)
  4. (masculine,uncountable) opportunity (a chance for advancement, progress or profit)
  5. (masculine) a reserved or available seat
  6. (masculine) a position in a book, song or film

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
lu‧gar
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/luˈɡaʁ/
Etymology

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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