salário

See also: salario and salariò

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls

Proto-Italic *sāls

Latin sal

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -ārius

Latin salārius

Latin salāriumlbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese salário

Portuguese salário

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese salário, a learned borrowing from Latin salārium, from salārius, from sal + -ārius. Piecewise doublet of saleiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈla.ɾi.u/ [saˈla.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /saˈla.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈla.ɾi.u/ [saˈla.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /saˈla.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈla.ɾi.o/ [saˈla.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /saˈla.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈla.ɾju/

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• Rhymes: -aɾiu, -aɾju
• Hyphenation: sa‧lá‧ri‧o

Noun

salário m (plural salários)

1. salary (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)

   Synonyms: ordenado, pagamento, remuneração

2. wage
3. ellipsis of salário mínimo

Derived terms

• assalariar
• salário mínimo

Further reading

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