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oficial m or f (masculine and feminine plural oficials)

  1. official

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Noun edit

oficial m (plural oficials, feminine oficiala)

  1. official, officer

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Occitan edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

oficial m (feminine singular oficiala, masculine plural oficials, feminine plural oficialas)

  1. official

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Late Latin officiālis.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.fi.siˈaw/ [o.fi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /o.fiˈsjaw/ [o.fiˈsjaʊ̯]
 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: o‧fi‧ci‧al

Adjective edit

oficial m or f (plural oficiais)

  1. official

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Noun edit

oficial m or f by sense (plural oficiais, feminine oficial or oficiala, feminine plural oficiais or oficialas)

  1. officer, official

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French officiel, from Late Latin officiālis.

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oficial m or n (feminine singular oficială, masculine plural oficiali, feminine and neuter plural oficiale)

  1. official
    Antonym: neoficial

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin officiālis. Cognate with English official.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ofiˈθjal/ [o.fiˈθjal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ofiˈsjal/ [o.fiˈsjal]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: o‧fi‧cial

Adjective edit

oficial m or f (masculine and feminine plural oficiales)

  1. official

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Noun edit

oficial m or f by sense (plural oficiales)

  1. officer, official
  2. clerk, functionary
    Synonym: funcionario
  3. office worker, skilled worker
    Synonym: oficinista
  4. journeyman
  5. artisan
    Synonym: artesano
  6. butcher
    Synonym: carnicero
  7. executioner
    Synonym: verdugo

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Descendants edit

  • Basque: ofizial

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