proletariado

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prōlētārius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”) +‎ -ado, from prōlēs (“offspring, posterity”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.le.ta.ɾiˈa.du/ [pɾo.le.ta.ɾɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.le.taˈɾja.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.le.ta.ɾiˈa.du/ [pɾo.le.ta.ɾɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.le.taˈɾja.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.le.ta.ɾiˈa.do/ [pɾo.le.ta.ɾɪˈa.do], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.le.taˈɾja.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.lɨ.tɐˈɾja.du/ [pɾu.lɨ.tɐˈɾja.ðu]

Noun

proletariado m (plural proletariados)

1. proletariat; working class (social class that does physical work)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōlētārius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”) +‎ -ado, from prōlēs (“offspring, posterity”).

Noun

proletariado m (plural proletariados)

1. proletariat

Further reading

• “proletariado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16