legionário

See also: legionario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin legiōnārius (“legionary”). By surface analysis, legião +‎ -ário.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.oˈna.ɾi.u/ [le.ʒɪ.oˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /le.ʒjoˈna.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.oˈna.ɾi.u/ [le.ʒɪ.oˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /le.ʒjoˈna.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.oˈna.ɾi.o/ [le.ʒɪ.oˈna.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /le.ʒjoˈna.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.ʒjuˈna.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: le‧gi‧o‧ná‧ri‧o

Noun

legionário m (plural legionários, feminine legionária, feminine plural legionárias)

1. (military, Ancient Rome) legionary (soldier in a Roman legion)
2. (military) legionnaire (soldier in the French Foreign Legion)

Hyponyms

• decano, centurião, tribuno, legado

Adjective

legionário (feminine legionária, masculine plural legionários, feminine plural legionárias, not comparable)

1. (military) legionary (relating to a legion)