pensionario

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti

Proto-Italic *pendō

Latin pendō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin pēnsiōnemlbor.

Spanish pensión

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 -āriuslbor.

Spanish -ario

Spanish pensionario

From pensión + -ario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pensjoˈnaɾjo/ [pẽn.sjoˈna.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: pen‧sio‧na‧rio

Noun

pensionario m (plural pensionarios)

1. pensioner

Adjective

pensionario (feminine pensionaria, masculine plural pensionarios, feminine plural pensionarias)

1. (relational) pension
   • 2015 December 14, “Homologación del IVA no es 'tema muerto'”, in Frontera.info‎^[1]:

     A nivel nacional, solamente hay dos universidades en el País que tienen en orden su régimen pensionario, UABC es una de ellas.

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Further reading

• “pensionario”, 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