beneficiário

See also: beneficiario

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin beneficiārius (“enjoying a favor, granted a privilege”) from beneficium (“benefit”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa.ɾi.u/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja.ɾju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa.ɾi.o/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja.ɾjo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨ.nɨ.fiˈsja.ɾju/

  • Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧ci‧á‧ri‧o

Noun

beneficiário m (plural beneficiários, feminine beneficiária, feminine plural beneficiárias)

  1. beneficiary
  2. recipient

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