vicario

See also: Vicario, vicário, and vicariò

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vicārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈka.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: vi‧cà‧rio

Noun

vicario m (plural vicari)

1. substitute, delegate, representative (someone who substitutes for or represents someone else of higher authority)
2. (Christianity) vicar

Adjective

vicario (feminine vicaria, masculine plural vicari, feminine plural vicarie)

1. vicarious

Further reading

• “vicario”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• ovarici, vociari

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɪˈkaː.ri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [viˈkaː.ri.o]
• Hyphenation: vi‧cā‧ri‧ō

Noun

vicāriō

1. dative/ablative singular of vicārius

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.

Latin vicis

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 -ārius

Latin vicāriuslbor.

Spanish vicario

Learned borrowing from Latin vicārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈkaɾjo/ [biˈka.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: vi‧ca‧rio

Noun

vicario m (plural vicarios, feminine vicaria, feminine plural vicarias)

1. vicar
2. substitute

   Synonyms: sustituto, suplente

Derived terms

• vicario general

Further reading

• “vicario”, 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