comissário

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French commissaire, from Medieval Latin commissārius.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.miˈsa.ɾi.u/ [ko.miˈsa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ko.miˈsa.ɾju/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.miˈsa.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: co‧mis‧sá‧ri‧o

Noun

comissário m (plural comissários, feminine comissária, feminine plural comissárias)

1. commissioner
2. commissar

Further reading

• “comissário”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “comissário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026