See also: voluntario

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin voluntārius (volunteer; willing), from volō (to want).

Pronunciation edit

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

  • Hyphenation: vo‧lun‧tá‧ri‧o

Noun edit

voluntário m (plural voluntários, feminine voluntária, feminine plural voluntárias)

  1. volunteer (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service)
  2. (military) volunteer (one who enters into military service voluntarily)
    Antonyms: conscrito, recruta

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

voluntário (feminine voluntária, masculine plural voluntários, feminine plural voluntárias)

  1. voluntary (done, given, or acting of one’s own free will)
    Synonym: arbitrário
  2. voluntary (working or done without payment)
    Synonym: espontâneo

Related terms edit