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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin salārium (“salary; money to buy salt with”), from sal (“salt”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈla.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /saˈla.ɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈla.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /saˈla.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈla.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /saˈla.ɾjo/
Noun
salário m (plural salários)
- salary (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)
- Synonyms: ordenado, pagamento, remuneração
- wage
- Clipping of salário mínimo.
Derived terms