funcionario

See also: funcionário

Galician

Alternative forms

• funcionário (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /funθjoˈnaɾjo/ [fun̪.θjoˈna.ɾjʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /funθjoˈnaɾjo/ [fun̪.θjoˈna.ɾjʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /funsjoˈnaɾjo/ [fun.sjoˈna.ɾjʊ]

• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Hyphenation: fun‧cio‧na‧rio

Noun

funcionario m (plural funcionarios, feminine funcionaria, feminine plural funcionarias)

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Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der.

Proto-Italic *fungōr

Latin fungor

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin fūnctiōnembor.

Spanish función

Spanish -ar

Spanish funcionar

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusbor.

Spanish -ario

Spanish funcionario

From funcionar + -ario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /funθjoˈnaɾjo/ [fũn̟.θjoˈna.ɾjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /funsjoˈnaɾjo/ [fũn.sjoˈna.ɾjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: fun‧cio‧na‧rio

Noun

funcionario m (plural funcionarios, feminine funcionaria, feminine plural funcionarias)

1. official, public official
2. officeholder

Derived terms

• alto funcionario
• funcionariado

Related terms

• función
• funcionar

Further reading

• “funcionario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025