vigário

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vigairo

Etymology

Probably an early borrowing of Latin vicārius. Doublet of vicário, which was loaned at a later date.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈɡa.ɾi.u/ [viˈɡa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /viˈɡa.ɾju/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈɡa.ɾju/ [viˈɣa.ɾju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈɡa.ɾju/ [viˈɣa.ɾju]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈɡa.ɾju/ [biˈɣa.ɾju]

• Hyphenation: vi‧gá‧ri‧o

Noun

vigário m (plural vigários)

1. vicar (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy)

Derived terms

• conto do vigário
• vigarista

 

Related terms

• Vigo

Further reading

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