🇵🇹 Portuguese

salário

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o salário

salary

Try it

salário
/u saˈlaɾiu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say salário in Portuguese?

IPA
/u saˈlaɾiu/

How do you pronounce salário in Portuguese?

salário is pronounced /u saˈlaɾiu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O salário mínimo foi aumentado este ano.

The minimum salary was increased this year.

Meu salário atual é insuficiente para pagar todas as despesas.

My current salary is insufficient to pay all expenses.

Swipe salário in Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Portuguese.

Download on the App Store

Why is it masculine?

Salário is masculine. It derives from Latin "salarium" (originally neuter), but the -ário suffix in Portuguese is typically masculine, and this word followed the productive masculine noun pattern when it entered Portuguese. The masculine gender became standard in Portuguese and other Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for salary?

The Portuguese word for salary is o salário — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsalairelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishsueldoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianstipendiolomasculine

Practice with Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Portuguese.

Download on the App Store