usuário

See also: usuario

Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin usuarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌu.zu.ˈa.ɾi.u/, /ˌu.zu.ˈa.ɾju/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌu.zu.ˈa.ɾi.o/, /ˌu.zu.ˈa.ɾjo/
• Hyphenation: u‧su‧á‧ri‧o

Noun

usuário m (plural s, feminine usuária, feminine plural usuárias)

1. (chiefly Brazil) user (one who uses something, a consumer)
2. (chiefly Brazil) user (one who uses illegal drugs)
3. (computing, chiefly Brazil) user (person who uses a computer or a computing network)
4. (computing, chiefly Brazil) a user account
5. (computing, chiefly Brazil) username (person’s identification on an individual computer system)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:usuário.

Synonyms

• (one who uses something): utente, utilizador (chiefly Portugal)
• (one who uses illegal drugs): drogado, viciado
• (computer user): utilizador (Portugal)
• (user account): conta

Derived terms

• multiusuário
• monousuário

Related terms

• usar
• uso
• usual
• usualmente