-ário
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- -ario (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin -ārium and -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -eiro.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ário (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ária, masculine plural -ários, feminine plural -árias)
- forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns”
Suffix edit
-ário m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ários, feminine -ária, feminine plural -árias)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection of the suffixed noun
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where the suffixed noun is kept
- ave (“bird”) + -ário → aviário (“aviary”)
- bicicleta (“bicycle”) + -ário → bicicletário (“bike lot”)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting someone who works at or with the suffixed noun; -er; -eer
- Synonyms: -dor, -eiro, -ista
- 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