voluntário

See also: voluntario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin voluntārius (“volunteer; willing”), from volō (“to want”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.lũˈta.ɾi.u/ [vo.lũˈta.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /vo.lũˈta.ɾju/, /vu.lũˈta.ɾi.u/ [vu.lũˈta.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /vu.lũˈta.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.lũˈta.ɾi.u/ [vo.lũˈta.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /vo.lũˈta.ɾju/, /vu.lũˈta.ɾi.u/ [vu.lũˈta.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /vu.lũˈta.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.lũˈta.ɾi.o/ [vo.lũˈta.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /vo.lũˈta.ɾjo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vu.lũˈta.ɾju/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vu.lũˈta.ɾju/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lũˈta.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: vo‧lun‧tá‧ri‧o

Noun

voluntário m (plural voluntários, feminine voluntária, feminine plural voluntárias)

1. volunteer (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service)
2. (military) volunteer (one who enters into military service voluntarily)

   Antonyms: conscrito, recruta

Derived terms

• voluntário da pátria

Adjective

voluntário (feminine voluntária, masculine plural voluntários, feminine plural voluntárias)

1. voluntary (done, given, or acting of one’s own free will)

   Synonym: arbitrário

2. voluntary (working or done without payment)

   Synonym: espontâneo

Related terms

• voluntariado
• voluntariamente
• voluntariar-se
• voluntariedade
• voluntariosamente
• voluntariosidade
• voluntarioso
• voluntarismo
• voluntarista
• voluntarístico