passageiro

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese passagem

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese passageiro

From passagem + -eiro.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.saˈʒe(j).ɾu/ [pa.saˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.sɐˈʒɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.sɐˈʒɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.sɐˈʒej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.sɐˈʒej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.sɐˈʒe.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: pas‧sa‧gei‧ro

Adjective

passageiro (feminine passageira, masculine plural passageiros, feminine plural passageiras)

1. passing, transitory

Noun

passageiro m (plural passageiros, feminine passageira, feminine plural passageiras)

1. passenger

Further reading

• “passageiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “passageiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026