precario

See also: precário

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prĕcārius. See also preghiera.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /preˈka.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -arjo
  • Hyphenation: pre‧cà‧rio

Adjective

precario (feminine precaria, masculine plural precari, feminine plural precarie)

  1. precarious
  2. shaky
  3. lacking tenure

Derived terms

Noun

precario m (plural precari)

  1. temp

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

precāriō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of precārius

References
  • “precario”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “precario”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • precario in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin precārius. Doublet of plegaria.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈkaɾjo/ [pɾeˈka.ɾjo]
  • Rhymes: -aɾjo
  • Syllabification: pre‧ca‧rio

Adjective

precario (feminine precaria, masculine plural precarios, feminine plural precarias)

  1. precarious, uncertain
  2. unstable, shaky
  3. poor

Derived terms

Further reading
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