vicario

See also: Vicario, vicário, and vicariò

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vicārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈka.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: vi‧cà‧rio

Noun

vicario m (plural vicari)

1. substitute, delegate, representative (someone who substitutes for or represents someone else of higher authority)
2. (Christianity) vicar

Adjective

vicario (feminine vicaria, masculine plural vicari, feminine plural vicarie)

1. vicarious

Further reading

• vicario in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• ovarici, vociari

Latin

Noun

vicāriō

1. dative/ablative singular of vicārius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vicārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈkaɾjo/ [biˈka.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: vi‧ca‧rio

Noun

vicario m (plural vicarios, feminine vicaria, feminine plural vicarias)

1. vicar
2. substitute

   Synonyms: sustituto, suplente

Derived terms

• vicario general

 

Further reading

• “vicario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28