índio

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ín‧di‧o === Etymology 1 === From Índia +‎ -o. ==== Adjective ==== índio (feminine índia, masculine plural índios, feminine plural índias) Indian (of or relating to the aboriginal people of the Americas) Synonym: (broader, but usually refers to American Indians) indígena (chiefly historical) synonym of indiano ==== Noun ==== índio m (plural índios, feminine índia, feminine plural índias) Indian (indigenous person of the Americas) Synonym: indígena (chiefly historical) synonym of indiano (Rio Grande do Sul) farmhand (person employed to work on a farm) Synonym: peão (Rio Grande do Sul) a brave man Synonym: valente ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From New Latin Indium, after German Indigo. ==== Noun ==== índio m (usually uncountable, plural índios) (chemistry) indium (chemical element) === Further reading === “índio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026