salário

See also: salario and salariò

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin salārium (“salary; money to buy salt with”), from sal (“salt”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-. Piecewise doublet of saleiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈla.ɾi.u/ [saˈla.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /saˈla.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈla.ɾi.u/ [saˈla.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /saˈla.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈla.ɾi.o/ [saˈla.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /saˈla.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈla.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: sa‧lá‧ri‧o

Noun

salário m (plural salários)

1. salary (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)

   Synonyms: ordenado, pagamento, remuneração

2. wage
3. Clipping of salário mínimo.

Derived terms

• salário mínimo

Related terms

• sal
• saleiro
• salgar