corsário

See also: corsario

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cossário, cossairo (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursārius. Alternatively, reformed from earlier cossário and cossairo as corso +‎ -ário.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsa.ɾi.u/ [kohˈsa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koʁˈsa.ɾju/ [kohˈsa.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsa.ɾi.u/ [kohˈsa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koʁˈsa.ɾju/ [kohˈsa.ɾju]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈsa.ɾi.u/ [koɾˈsa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koɾˈsa.ɾju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsa.ɾi.u/ [koχˈsa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koʁˈsa.ɾju/ [koχˈsa.ɾju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈsa.ɾi.o/ [koɻˈsa.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /koɻˈsa.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsa.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: cor‧sá‧ri‧o

Noun

corsário m (plural corsários, feminine corsária, feminine plural corsárias)

1. pirate; corsair (one who plunders at sea)

   Synonyms: pirata, bucaneiro

2. privateer (crew member of a private warship sanctioned to attack enemy ships)