mercenário

See also: mercenario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mercēnārius.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.seˈna.ɾi.u/ [meh.seˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meʁ.seˈna.ɾju/ [meh.seˈna.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.seˈna.ɾi.u/ [meh.seˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meʁ.seˈna.ɾju/ [meh.seˈna.ɾju]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾ.seˈna.ɾi.u/ [meɾ.seˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meɾ.seˈna.ɾju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁ.seˈna.ɾi.u/ [meχ.seˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meʁ.seˈna.ɾju/ [meχ.seˈna.ɾju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meɻ.seˈna.ɾi.o/ [meɻ.seˈna.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /meɻ.seˈna.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.sɨˈna.ɾju/

Adjective

mercenário (feminine mercenária, masculine plural mercenários, feminine plural mercenárias)

1. mercenary (motivated by private gain)

Noun

mercenário m (plural mercenários, feminine mercenária, feminine plural mercenárias)

1. mercenary (person employed to fight wars)
2. a person motivated solely by private monetary gain

Related terms

• marceneiro