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Latin
Verb
mandārim
- first-person singular perfect active subjunctive of mandō
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: man‧da‧rim
Etymology 1
From Malay menteri, manteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”).
Compare also bailarim, an alternative form of bailarino.
Noun
mandarim m (plural mandarins)
- mandarin (a high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire)
- (uncountable) Mandarin (the official language of China and Taiwan)
- Synonym: chinês
O mandarim é a língua mais falada do mundo.- Mandarin is the world's most spoken language.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Clipping of diamante-mandarim.
Noun
mandarim m (plural mandarins)
- zebra finch