beneficiário

See also: beneficiario

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin beneficiārius (“enjoying a favor, granted a privilege”) from beneficium (“benefit”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa.ɾi.u/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa.ɾi.u/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa.ɾi.o/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨ.fiˈsja.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧ci‧á‧ri‧o

Noun

beneficiário m (plural beneficiários, feminine beneficiária, feminine plural beneficiárias)

1. beneficiary
2. recipient

Further reading

• “beneficiário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024