-ário
See also: ario, Ario, Ário, and -ario
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- -ario (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ārium and -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -eiro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɾiu/, /ˈaɾju/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaɾio/, /ˈaɾjo/
Suffix
-ário m (feminine -ária, plural -ários, feminine plural -árias)
- forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns”
- alfândega (“customs (government agency)”) + -ário → alfandegário (“relating to the customs”)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection of the suffixed noun
- adágia (“adage”) + -ário → adagiário (“a book listing adages”)
- ficha (“record”) + -ário → fichário (“filing cabinet”)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where the suffixed noun is kept
- ave (“bird”) + -ário → aviário (“aviary”)
- bicicleta (“bicycle”) + -ário → bicicletário (“parking lot for bicycles”)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting someone who works in on with the suffixed noun; -er; -eer
- cartório (“office of a notary public”) + -ário → cartorário (“notary public”)
- biblioteca (“library”) + -ário → bibliotecário (“librarian”)
- expedição (“expedition”) + -ário → expedicionário (“one who partakes in an expedition”)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting an instrument used to measure the suffixed noun
- ângulo (“angle”) + -ário → angulário (“instrument for measuring angles”)
- Latin luna (“moon”) + -ário → lunário (“calendar based on moon phases”)
Synonyms
- (of or related to): -al, -ar, -eiro, -ico
- (collection): -al
- (someone who works with something): -dor, -eiro, -ista
Derived terms
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Related terms
- -eiro