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operário

Portuguese, noun/o.peˈɾa.ɾju/

operário is spelled O-P-E-R-Á-R-I-O (8 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,602nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Operário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “worker, workman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que trabalha na indústria”.

What does operário mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineworker, workman

  2. 2

    masculineoperative, operator

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que diz respeito ao operariado:

noun: 1. o que trabalha na indústria 2. o que exerce um ofício; artífice 3. trabalhador; obreiro 4. aquele que trabalha duro a favor de uma causa ou de um objetivo:

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 operário

  • operários plural
  • operária feminine
  • operárias feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce operário?

  • Brazil /o.peˈɾa.ɾju/
  • Portugal /ɔ.pɨˈɾa.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 operário

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is operário in Portuguese?

operário appears 5.4 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).

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