Mário

See also: mario, Mario, marìo, and Mârio

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Marius. By folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Maria.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: Má‧ri‧o

Proper noun

Mário m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Mario or Marius

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːriɔ]

Proper noun

Mário m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Mario

Declension

Declension of Mário (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Mário	Máriovia
genitive	Mária	Máriov
dative	Máriovi	Máriom
accusative	Mária	Máriov
locative	Máriovi	Márioch
instrumental	Máriom	Máriami

Further reading

• “Mário”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025