-ário

See also: ario, Ario, Ário, and -ario

Portuguese

Borrowed from Latin -ārium and -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -eiro.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾi.u/ [ˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈa.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾi.o/ [ˈa.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈa.ɾjo/

-ário (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ária, masculine plural -ários, feminine plural -árias)

forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns”
Synonyms: -al, -ar, -eiro, -ico

‎alfândega (“customs (government agency)”) + ‎-ário → ‎alfandegário (“relating to the customs”)

-ário m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ários, feminine -ária, feminine plural -árias)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection of the suffixed noun
Synonym: -al

‎adágia (“adage”) + ‎-ário → ‎adagiário (“a book listing adages”)

‎ficha (“record”) + ‎-ário → ‎fichário (“filing cabinet”)
forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where the suffixed noun is kept
‎ave (“bird”) + ‎-ário → ‎aviário (“aviary”)

‎bicicleta (“bicycle”) + ‎-ário → ‎bicicletário (“bike lot”)
forms nouns, from nouns, denoting someone who works at or with the suffixed noun; -er; -eer
Synonyms: -dor, -eiro, -ista

‎cartório (“office of a notary public”) + ‎-ário → ‎cartorário (“notary public”)

‎biblioteca (“library”) + ‎-ário → ‎bibliotecário (“librarian”)

‎expedição (“expedition”) + ‎-ário → ‎expedicionário (“one who partakes in an expedition”)
forms nouns, from nouns, denoting an instrument used to measure the suffixed noun
‎ângulo (“angle”) + ‎-ário → ‎angulário (“instrument for measuring angles”)

‎Latin lūna (“moon”) + ‎-ário → ‎lunário (“calendar based on moon phases”)

The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:

⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine abstract nouns, incl. plural forms) → ⟨-cion⟩, ⟨-sion⟩
⟨-ão⟩ (in augmentatives, demonyms, and subatomic particles, incl. plural forms) → ⟨-on⟩
⟨-ã(o)⟩ (incl. plural forms) → ⟨-(i)an⟩ or ⟨-(i)on⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
⟨-m⟩ (incl. plural forms) → ⟨-n⟩
⟨-vel⟩ (in adjectives and derivatives, incl. plural forms) → ⟨-bili⟩
⟨-z⟩ (in adjectives and derivatives, incl. plural forms) → ⟨-c(i)⟩