corsário

See also: corsario

Portuguese

Alternative forms

cossário, cossairo (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursārius. Alternatively, reformed from earlier cossário and cossairo as corso +‎ -ário.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsa.ɾi.u/ [kohˈsa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koʁˈsa.ɾju/ [kohˈsa.ɾju]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈsa.ɾi.u/ [koɾˈsa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koɾˈsa.ɾju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsa.ɾi.u/ [koχˈsa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koʁˈsa.ɾju/ [koχˈsa.ɾju]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈsa.ɾi.o/ [koɻˈsa.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /koɻˈsa.ɾjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsa.ɾju/

Hyphenation: cor‧sá‧ri‧o

Noun

corsário m (plural corsários, feminine corsária, feminine plural corsárias)

pirate; corsair (one who plunders at sea)
Synonyms: pirata, bucaneiro
privateer (crew member of a private warship sanctioned to attack enemy ships)

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