proletariado
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin prōlētārius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”) + -ado, from prōlēs (“offspring, posterity”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.le.ta.ɾiˈa.du/ [pɾo.le.ta.ɾɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.le.taˈɾja.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.le.ta.ɾiˈa.do/ [pɾo.le.ta.ɾɪˈa.do], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.le.taˈɾja.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.lɨ.tɐˈɾja.du/ [pɾu.lɨ.tɐˈɾja.ðu]
Noun
proletariado m (plural proletariados)
- proletariat; working class (social class that does physical work)
Further reading
- “proletariado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “proletariado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin prōlētārius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”) + -ado, from prōlēs (“offspring, posterity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoletaˈɾjado/ [pɾo.le.t̪aˈɾja.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: pro‧le‧ta‧ria‧do
Noun
proletariado m (plural proletariados)
Further reading
- “proletariado”, 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