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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin legiōnārius (“legionary”). By surface analysis, legião + -ário.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /le.ʒi.oˈna.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /le.ʒjoˈna.ɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /le.ʒi.oˈna.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /le.ʒjoˈna.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /le.ʒi.oˈna.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /le.ʒjoˈna.ɾjo/
- Hyphenation: le‧gi‧o‧ná‧ri‧o
Noun
legionário m (plural legionários, feminine legionária, feminine plural legionárias)
- (military, Ancient Rome) legionary (soldier in a Roman legion)
- (military) legionnaire (soldier in the French Foreign Legion)
Hyponyms
Adjective
legionário (feminine legionária, masculine plural legionários, feminine plural legionárias, not comparable)
- (military) legionary (relating to a legion)