terciario

See also: terciário

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tertiārius. Doublet of tercero, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɾˈθjaɾjo/ [t̪eɾˈθja.ɾjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /teɾˈsjaɾjo/ [t̪eɾˈsja.ɾjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: ter‧cia‧rio

Adjective

terciario (feminine terciaria, masculine plural terciarios, feminine plural terciarias)

1. tertiary

Derived terms

• color terciario
• sector terciario

Noun

terciario m (plural terciarios)

1. (geology) Tertiary

Further reading

• “terciario”, 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