mesário

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mēnsārius.[1][2] Alternatively, from mesa (“table, board”) +‎ -ário.[3][4]

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: me‧sá‧ri‧o

Noun

mesário m (plural mesários, feminine mesária, feminine plural mesárias)

  1. an individual who occupies a board of an organization
    Synonym: (rare) mensário
  2. (Brazil, elections) an individual who supervises and directs the work related to voting in a polling station

References

  1. ^ “mesário”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “mesário”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
  3. ^ “mesário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
  4. ^ “mesário”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
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