rodoviário

Portuguese

Etymology

From rodovia (“highway”) +‎ -ário (“-ary”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.do.viˈa.ɾi.u/ [ho.do.vɪˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁo.doˈvja.ɾju/ [ho.doˈvja.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.do.viˈa.ɾi.u/ [ho.do.vɪˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁo.doˈvja.ɾju/ [ho.doˈvja.ɾju]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁo.do.viˈa.ɾi.u/ [χo.do.vɪˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁo.doˈvja.ɾju/ [χo.doˈvja.ɾju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.do.viˈa.ɾi.o/ [ho.do.vɪˈa.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ʁo.doˈvja.ɾjo/ [ho.doˈvja.ɾjo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔˈvja.ɾju/ [ʁɔ.ðɔˈvja.ɾju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔˈvja.ɾju/ [ʁɔ.ðɔˈvja.ɾju]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔˈbja.ɾju/ [ʁɔ.ðɔˈβja.ɾju]

Adjective

rodoviário (feminine rodoviária, masculine plural rodoviários, feminine plural rodoviárias, not comparable)

1. (relational) highway

   mapa rodoviário ― highway map

2. (relational) road transport

   Coordinate terms: aéreo, ferroviário, fluvial, marítimo

   transporte rodoviário ― road transport

   empresa rodoviária ― road transport company