rodoviário

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese rodo-

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-

Proto-Italic *wiā

Latin via

Old Galician-Portuguese via

Portuguese via

Portuguese rodovia

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

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 -āriuslbor.

Portuguese -ário

Portuguese rodoviário

From rodovia (“highway”) + -ário (“-ary”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.do.viˈa.ɾju/ [ho.do.viˈa.ɾju], (faster) /ʁo.doˈvja.ɾju/ [ho.doˈvja.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.do.viˈa.ɾju/ [ho.do.viˈa.ɾju], (faster) /ʁo.doˈvja.ɾju/ [ho.doˈvja.ɾju]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁo.do.viˈa.ɾju/ [χo.do.viˈa.ɾju], (faster) /ʁo.doˈvja.ɾju/ [χo.doˈvja.ɾju]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔˈvja.ɾju/ [ʁɔ.ðɔˈvja.ɾju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔˈvja.ɾju/ [ʁɔ.ðɔˈvja.ɾju]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔˈbja.ɾju/ [ʁɔ.ðɔˈβja.ɾju]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔˈvja.ɾju/

Adjective

rodoviário (feminine rodoviária, masculine plural rodoviários, feminine plural rodoviárias, not comparable)

1. (relational) highway

   mapa rodoviário ― highway map

2. (relational) road transport

   Coordinate terms: aéreo, hidroviário, ferroviário, fluvial, marítimo

   transporte rodoviário ― road transport

   empresa rodoviária ― road transport company

Further reading

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