escenario

Galician

Alternative forms

• cenário (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /esθeˈnaɾjo/ [es̺.θeˈna.ɾjʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /esθeˈnaɾjo/ [es̺.θeˈna.ɾjʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /esseˈnaɾjo/ [es.seˈna.ɾjʊ]

• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Hyphenation: es‧ce‧na‧rio

Noun

escenario m (plural escenarios)

1. stage (at a theater)

   Synonym: palco

2. scene, setting
3. scenario

   o peor escenario posible ― the worst-case scenario

Related terms

• plató (at TV, movies)
• escena

Further reading

• “escenario”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.

Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor.

Latin scaenader.

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -ārius

Latin -āriumder.

Late Latin scaenāriumlbor.

Spanish escenario

Learned borrowing from Late Latin scaenārium, from Latin scaena or -ārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esθeˈnaɾjo/ [es.θeˈna.ɾjo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /eseˈnaɾjo/ [e.seˈna.ɾjo] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: es‧ce‧na‧rio

Noun

escenario m (plural escenarios)

1. scenario

   el peor escenario posible ― the worst-case scenario

2. scene, setting
3. (theater) stage

   Synonyms: escena, tablado

Related terms

• escena
• plató (at TV, movies)

Further reading

• “escenario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025