usuário

See also: usuario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ūsuārius.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈzwa.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: u‧su‧á‧ri‧o

Noun

usuário m (plural usuários, feminine usuária, feminine plural usuárias)

1. (chiefly Brazil) user (one who uses something, a consumer)

   Synonyms: utente, (chiefly Portugal) utilizador

2. (chiefly Brazil, euphemistic) user (one who uses illegal drugs)

   Synonyms: drogado, viciado

3. (computing, chiefly Brazil) user (person who uses a computer or a computing network)

   Synonym: (Portugal) utilizador

4. (computing, chiefly Brazil) user account

   Synonym: conta

5. (computing, chiefly Brazil) username (person’s identification on an individual computer system)

Derived terms

• multiusuário
• monousuário

Related terms

• usar
• uso
• usual
• usualmente

Further reading

• “usuário” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.