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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Marius. By folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Maria.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈma.ɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈma.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈma.ɾjo/
Proper noun
Mário m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Mario or Marius
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mário m pers (declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
Declension
Further reading
- “Mário”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024