Mário

See also: mario, Mario, marìo, and Mârio

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Marius. By folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Maria.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: Má‧ri‧o

Proper noun

Mário m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Mario or Marius

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːriɔ/

Proper noun

Mário m anim (genitive singular Mária, nominative plural Máriovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Mário

	singular	plural
nominative	Mário	Máriovia
genitive	Mária	Máriov
dative	Máriovi	Máriom
accusative	Mária	Máriov
locative	Máriovi	Márioch
instrumental	Máriom	Máriami

Further reading

• “Mário”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024