-ario
Portuguese, suffix/ˈa.ɾju/
-ario is spelled A-R-I-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ario is a Portuguese masculine suffix meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of -ário” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sufixo formador de adjetivo derivado de substantivo”.
What does -ario mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of -ário
suffix
- 1
forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns”
suffix
- 1
masculineforms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection of the suffixed noun
- 2
masculineforms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where the suffixed noun is kept
- 3
masculineforms nouns, from nouns, denoting someone who works at or with the suffixed noun; -er; -eer
- 4
masculineforms nouns, from nouns, denoting an instrument used to measure the suffixed noun
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. sufixo formador de adjetivo derivado de substantivo 2. um lugar associado com algo específico
noun: 1. prenome masculino
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce -ario?
- Brazil /ˈa.ɾju/
- Portugal /ˈa.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -ario
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is -ario in Portuguese?
-ario appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).