legionário
Portuguese, noun/le.ʒi.oˈna.ɾju/
legionário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “legionary (soldier in a Roman legion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “soldado de uma legião”.
What does legionário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelegionary (soldier in a Roman legion)
- 2
masculinelegionnaire (soldier in the French Foreign Legion)
adjective
- 1
legionary (relating to a legion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a legião
noun: 1. soldado de uma legião
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 legionário
- legionários plural
- legionária feminine
- legionárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legionário?
- Brazil /le.ʒi.oˈna.ɾju/
- Brazil /le.ʒjoˈna.ɾju/
- Portugal /lɨ.ʒjuˈna.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 legionário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legionário in Portuguese?
legionário appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).