autónomo

See also: autonomo, autonómo, and autônomo

Galician

Adjective

autónomo (feminine autónoma, masculine plural autónomos, feminine plural autónomas)

1. autonomous
2. self-employed, freelance

Derived terms

• autonomamente

Related terms

• autonomía

Noun

autónomo m (plural autónomos, feminine autónoma, feminine plural autónomas)

1. freelancer

Further reading

• “autónomo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• autônomo (Brazil)

Etymology

Borrowed from French autonome, from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos, “having its own laws”), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈtɔ.nu.mu/

• Rhymes: -ɔnumu
• Hyphenation: au‧tó‧no‧mo

Adjective

autónomo (feminine autónoma, masculine plural autónomos, feminine plural autónomas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. autonomous (acting on one’s own)
2. autonomous (self-governing)

Derived terms

• autonomamente

 

Related terms

• autonomia
• autonómico / autonômico
• autonomismo
• autonomista
• autonomização
• autonomizar
• autonomizável

 

Further reading

• “autônomo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “autónomo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “autónomo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “autónomo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “autónomo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

• autonómo (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos, “having its own laws”), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈtonomo/ [au̯ˈt̪o.no.mo]
• Rhymes: -onomo
• Syllabification: au‧tó‧no‧mo

Adjective

autónomo (feminine autónoma, masculine plural autónomos, feminine plural autónomas)

1. autonomous

   Synonym: autonómico

2. self-employed, freelance

Derived terms

• autónomamente
• comunidad autónoma

 

Related terms

• autonomía
• autonomismo
• autonomista
• autonomizar

 

Noun

autónomo m (plural autónomos, feminine autónoma, feminine plural autónomas)

1. freelancer
   • 2020 February 21, “Trabajo busca un cambio legal para acabar con los falsos autónomos”, in El País‎^[1]:

     En el plan director de la Inspección que puso en marcha se detectaron 30.000 autónomos que realmente debían cotizar en el régimen general e, incluso, creó un nuevo tipo de infracción.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “autónomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10