armário

See also: armario

Portuguese

Alternative forms

almário (dialectal)
armario, almario (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin armārium. Compare armeiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈma.ɾi.u/ [aɦˈma.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aʁˈma.ɾju/ [aɦˈma.ɾju]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈma.ɾi.u/ [aɾˈma.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aɾˈma.ɾju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈma.ɾi.u/ [aʁˈma.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aʁˈma.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈma.ɾi.o/ [aɻˈma.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /aɻˈma.ɾjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈma.ɾju/

Audio (Brazil): (file)
Hyphenation: ar‧má‧ri‧o

Noun

armário m (plural armários)

cupboard
closet, wardrobe
Synonym: guarda-roupa
locker
Synonym: cacifo
(figurative, informal) a muscular man

Derived terms

armarinho
armariozinho
saída do armário
sair do armário
tirar do armário

Descendants

Guinea-Bissau Creole: armariu
Indo-Portuguese: almar, almári
- → Hindi: अलमारी (almārī)
  - →? Assamese: আলমাৰী (almari)
  - → English: almirah
  - → Kashmiri: اَلمٲرۍ (almạ̄r')
  - → Marwari: अलमारी (almārī)
  - → Nepali: आलमारी (ālmārī)
  - → Pashto: المارۍ (almārə́y) (likely)
    - →? Dari: اَلْمَارِی (almārī)
  - → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਲਮਾਰੀ (alamārī)
    Shahmukhi script: اَلْمَارِی (almārī)
- → Urdu: الماری (almārī)
Kabuverdianu: armáriu
Sãotomense: alumayu
→ Gujarati: આલમારી (ālamārī)
→ Javanese: ꦊꦩꦫꦶ (lemari)
- → Indonesian: lemari
  - → Malay: lemari
→ Malay: almari
- > Indonesian: almari (inherited)
→ Malayalam: അലമാരി (alamāri)
→ Sinhalese: අල්මාරිය (almāriya)
→ Tamil: அலமாரி (alamāri)
→ Dhivehi: އަލަމާރި (alamāri)
→ Tetum: armáriu

Further reading

“armário”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025