Masculine
lugar
- (masculine) place (a location or position)
- (masculine) available room
- (masculine) place (a position within a rank)
- (masculine, uncountable) opportunity (a chance for advancement, progress or profit)
- (masculine) a reserved or available seat
- (masculine) a position in a book, song or film
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/luˈɡaʁ/
Etymology
In summary
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.
Related words
line of work
social rank
social station
plaĉe
espaço extra-atmosférico
status social
condições sociais
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