serventuário

Portuguese

Etymology

From servente +‎ -ário.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.vẽ.tuˈa.ɾi.u/ [seɦ.vẽ.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /seʁ.vẽˈtwa.ɾju/ [seɦ.vẽˈtwa.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.vẽ.tuˈa.ɾi.u/ [seɦ.vẽ.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /seʁ.vẽˈtwa.ɾju/ [seɦ.vẽˈtwa.ɾju]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾ.vẽ.tuˈa.ɾi.u/ [seɾ.vẽ.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /seɾ.vẽˈtwa.ɾju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁ.vẽ.tuˈa.ɾi.u/ [seʁ.vẽ.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /seʁ.vẽˈtwa.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻ.vẽ.tuˈa.ɾi.o/ [seɻ.vẽ.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /seɻ.vẽˈtwa.ɾjo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.vẽˈtwa.ɾju/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.vẽˈtwa.ɾju/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.bẽˈtwa.ɾju/ [sɨɾ.βẽˈtwa.ɾju]

• Hyphenation: ser‧ven‧tu‧á‧ri‧o

Noun

serventuário m (plural serventuários, feminine serventuária, feminine plural serventuárias)

1. substitute
   1. one who serves in a job or trade, replacing the permanent employee
   2. one who performs any bureaucratic function
2. servant