precario

See also: precário

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prĕcārius. See also preghiera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preˈka.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: pre‧cà‧rio

Adjective

precario (feminine precaria, masculine plural precari, feminine plural precarie)

1. precarious
2. shaky
3. lacking tenure

Derived terms

• precariamente

Noun

precario m (plural precari)

1. temp

Anagrams

• operarci, pecorari, porracei, procreai

Latin

Adjective

precāriō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of precārius

References

• “precario”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “precario”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• precario in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin precārius. Doublet of plegaria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈkaɾjo/ [pɾeˈka.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: pre‧ca‧rio

Adjective

precario (feminine precaria, masculine plural precarios, feminine plural precarias)

1. precarious, uncertain
2. unstable, shaky
3. poor

Derived terms

• precarizar

 

Further reading

• “precario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014