autónomo
Galician
Adjective
autónomo (feminine autónoma, masculine plural autónomos, feminine plural autónomas)
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Noun
autónomo m (plural autónomos, feminine autónoma, feminine plural autónomas)
Further reading
- “autónomo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French autonome, from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos, “having its own laws”), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /awˈtɔ.nu.mu/
- Rhymes: -ɔnumu
- Hyphenation: au‧tó‧no‧mo
Adjective
autónomo (feminine autónoma, masculine plural autónomos, feminine plural autónomas) (European Portuguese spelling)
- autonomous (acting on one’s own)
- autonomous (self-governing)
Derived terms
Related terms
- autonomia
- autonómico / autonômico
- autonomismo
- autonomista
- autonomização
- autonomizar
- autonomizável
Further reading
- “autônomo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “autónomo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “autónomo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “autónomo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “autónomo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos, “having its own laws”), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /auˈtonomo/ [au̯ˈt̪o.no.mo]
- Rhymes: -onomo
- Syllabification: au‧tó‧no‧mo
Adjective
autónomo (feminine autónoma, masculine plural autónomos, feminine plural autónomas)
- autonomous
- Synonym: autonómico
- self-employed, freelance
Derived terms
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Noun
autónomo m (plural autónomos, feminine autónoma, feminine plural autónomas)
- freelancer
- 2020 February 21, “Trabajo busca un cambio legal para acabar con los falsos autónomos”, in El País[1]:
- En el plan director de la Inspección que puso en marcha se detectaron 30.000 autónomos que realmente debían cotizar en el régimen general e, incluso, creó un nuevo tipo de infracción.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “autónomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024