funcionário
Portuguese, noun/fũ.si.oˈna.ɾju/
funcionário is spelled F-U-N-C-I-O-N-Á-R-I-O (11 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funcionário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “official, functionary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que trabalha para uma empresa ou para o Estado”.
What does funcionário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineofficial, functionary
- 2
masculineemployee, staff member
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que trabalha para uma empresa ou para o Estado
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.
Forms of funcionário
- funcionários plural
- funcionária feminine
- funcionárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce funcionário?
- Brazil /fũ.si.oˈna.ɾju/
- Brazil /fũ.sjoˈna.ɾju/
- Portugal /fũ.sjuˈna.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 funcionário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is funcionário in Portuguese?
funcionário appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).