refém

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arrafẽes, borrowed from Arabic رَهِين (rahīn). Cognate with Galician refén and Spanish rehén. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃ Hyphenation: re‧fém === Noun === refém m (plural reféns) hostage === Further reading === “refém”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “refém”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026