voluntário

See also: voluntario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin voluntārius (“volunteer; willing”), from volō (“to want”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.lũˈta.ɾi.u/ [vo.lũˈta.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /vo.lũˈta.ɾju/, /vu.lũˈta.ɾi.u/ [vu.lũˈta.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /vu.lũˈta.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.lũˈta.ɾi.o/ [vo.lũˈta.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /vo.lũˈta.ɾjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vu.lũˈta.ɾju/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lũˈta.ɾju/

Hyphenation: vo‧lun‧tá‧ri‧o

Noun

voluntário m (plural voluntários, feminine voluntária, feminine plural voluntárias)

volunteer (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service)
(military) volunteer (one who enters into military service voluntarily)
Antonyms: conscrito, recruta

Derived terms

voluntário da pátria

Adjective

voluntário (feminine voluntária, masculine plural voluntários, feminine plural voluntárias)

voluntary (done, given, or acting of one’s own free will)
Synonym: arbitrário
voluntary (working or done without payment)
Synonym: espontâneo

Related terms

voluntariado
voluntariamente
voluntariar-se
voluntariedade
voluntariosamente
voluntariosidade
voluntarioso
voluntarismo
voluntarista
voluntarístico

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