Polyglot Dictionary

funcionário

/fũsjoˈnaɾju/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os funcionários

Meaning

  1. employee

    • O funcionário atendeu.

      The employee helped.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

empregado

empregado is more general or domestic, and can also mean "servant"; funcionário is more formal, like a civil servant — both mean "employee."

Similar in other languages

German

Angestellte

Angestellte is the German word for the same thing — both mean "employee."

German

Angestellter

Angestellter is the German word for the same thing — both mean "employee."

German

Arbeitnehmer

Arbeitnehmer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "employee."

Practice

1 What does funcionário mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ atendeu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches funcionário?

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