Mario

See also: mario, Mário, marìo, and Mârio

English

The symbol on the video game character Mario's hat

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which derive from Latin Marius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɹioʊ/, /ˈmæɹioʊ/, /ˈmɛəɹioʊ/

Proper noun

Mario (plural Marios)

1. A male given name from Italian or Spanish.
2. (video games) A popular and enduring video game character by Nintendo that spawned the Mario franchise.

Derived terms

• Marioesque
• Mariolike

Translations

the given name

• Amharic: ማሪኦ (mariʾo)
• Arabic: ماريو‎ m
• Armenian: Մարիո (Mario)
• Bulgarian: Марио (Mario)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬里奧 (zh), 马里奥 (zh) (Mǎlǐ'ào), 馬力歐, 马力欧 (Mǎlì'ōu), 瑪利歐, 玛利欧 (Mǎlì'ōu),

  Wu: 马里奥

• Esperanto: Mario
• Galician: Mario (gl) m
• German: Mario (de)
• Hebrew: מריו‎ m
• Italian: Mario (it)
• Japanese: マリオ (Mario)
• Korean: 마리오 (Mario)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ماریۆ‎ (maryo)

• Macedonian: Марио (Mario)
• Neapolitan: Mario
• Persian: ماریو‎
• Polish: Mariusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mário (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮਾਰੀਓ (mārīo)
• Russian: Марио (ru) (Mario)
• Slovene: Mario
• Spanish: Mario (es) m
• Swedish: Mario (sv)
• Tigrinya: ማርዮ m (maryo)
• Urdu: ماریو‎
• Waray-Waray: Mario
• Yiddish: מאַריִאָ‎ (mario)

Noun

Mario (plural Marios)

1. (video games) A life (chance to play) in a game when playing as the character Mario.
   • 1990, Corey Sandler, Ult Unauth Nintendo Game Strat, Random House Information Group (→ISBN)

     If you collect three cards of the same design you'll gain even more Marios, as follows: 3 Mushrooms = 2 Extra Marios 3 Flowers = 3 Extra Marios 3 Stars = 5 Extra Marios You will also be awarded a bonus score , depending upon how much ...

   • 2001, Michael Petracca, Madeleine Sorapure, Common Culture: Reading and Writing about American Popular Culture

     Mario's rebirth within the span of a single life may be augmented by acquiring a number of extra Marios or lives. One hundred gold coins grant another life and receiving a “1 UP" mushroom gives him an additional life, as do ...

   • 2005, Chris Kohler, Retro Gaming Hacks: Tips & Tools for Playing the Classics, "O'Reilly Media, Inc." (→ISBN)

     ... Get 100 Extra Marios, Enter the Minus World,  ...

Anagrams

• Maori, Moira, Moria, Māori, Omari, morai, moria

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Mario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ri.oː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ma‧rio

Proper noun

Mario m

1. A male given name from Latin, Mario.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [maˈrio]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧o

Proper noun

Mario (accusative Marion)

1. A female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary.
2. A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Mario.

Derived terms

• Marilando (“Maryland”)

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Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario.

Proper noun

Mario

1. A male given name from Italian

Related terms

• Maarjo
• Mairo

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Mario

1. A male given name from Italian or Spanish

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Marius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: Mà‧rio

Proper noun

Mario m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Marius

Anagrams

• amori, aromi, maori, moria, omari, ormai, riamo, riamò

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Japanese

Romanization

Mario

1. Rōmaji transcription of マリオ

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Latin

Proper noun

Mariō

1. dative/ablative singular of Marius

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Marija.

Proper noun

Mȃrio m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑рио)

1. A male given name

Declension

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Marius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾjo/, [ˈma.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Hyphenation: Ma‧rio

Proper noun

Mario m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Marius

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mario.

Proper noun

Mario

1. A male given name from Spanish