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asilado — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • refugee noun A person who has fled their home country to escape war, persecution, or disaster.

Senses

asilado is used for these senses in English:

  • asylum seeker A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country.
  • refugee (attributive, also, figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc. [from 1680s]

Related Portuguese words