vario

See also: Vario, varío, varió, vário, and variò

English

Noun

vario (plural varios)

1. (informal, aviation) Variometer
   • 1986, Soaring, volume 50:

     When he took his eyes off of where he was headed, his vario showed umpteen knots.

Catalan

Verb

vario

1. first-person singular present indicative of variar

Galician

Verb

vario

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of variar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: và‧rio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin varius (“diverse, various”), whence also Italian vaio, an inherited doublet.

Adjective

vario (feminine varia, masculine plural vari, feminine plural varie)

1. varied, various

   Synonym: svariato

Related terms

• variamente
• variare
• varie ed eventuali
• variegato
• varietà
• variforme

Noun

vario m (plural vari)

1. diversity

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vario

1. first-person singular present indicative of variare

Anagrams

• avori, oravi, ovrai, rovai, vorai

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wh₂-s-?

Proto-Indo-European *-yos

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

▲

Proto-Italic *-jōsinflu.

Proto-Italic *-jos

Proto-Italic *wasios?

Latin varius

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin variō

From varius (“diverse, various, variegated”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwa.ri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaː.ri.o]

Verb

variō (present infinitive variāre, perfect active variāvī, supine variātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to diversify, variegate, change, transform, make different or various, alter, vary, interchange

   Synonyms: novō, renovō

2. (intransitive) to be diversified or variegated; to waver, change, alter, vary
3. (intransitive, in relation to opinion) to disagree, discord, dissent

   Synonyms: dissideō, discordō, dissentiō, abhorreō

   Antonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, congruō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, cōnstō, pangō

   • Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 43:

     si variaret

     if there was any disagreement

Conjugation

   Conjugation of variō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	variō		variās		variat		variāmus		variātis		variant
	imperfect	variābam		variābās		variābat		variābāmus		variābātis		variābant
	future	variābō		variābis		variābit		variābimus		variābitis		variābunt
	perfect	variāvī		variāvistī		variāvit		variāvimus		variāvistis		variāvērunt, variāvēre
	pluperfect	variāveram		variāverās		variāverat		variāverāmus		variāverātis		variāverant
	future perfect	variāverō		variāveris		variāverit		variāverimus		variāveritis		variāverint
passive	present	varior		variāris, variāre		variātur		variāmur		variāminī		variantur
	imperfect	variābar		variābāris, variābāre		variābātur		variābāmur		variābāminī		variābantur
	future	variābor		variāberis, variābere		variābitur		variābimur		variābiminī		variābuntur
	perfect	variātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	variātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	variātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	variem		variēs		variet		variēmus		variētis		varient
	imperfect	variārem		variārēs		variāret		variārēmus		variārētis		variārent
	perfect	variāverim		variāverīs		variāverit		variāverīmus		variāverītis		variāverint
	pluperfect	variāvissem		variāvissēs		variāvisset		variāvissēmus		variāvissētis		variāvissent
passive	present	varier		variēris, variēre		variētur		variēmur		variēminī		varientur
	imperfect	variārer		variārēris, variārēre		variārētur		variārēmur		variārēminī		variārentur
	perfect	variātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	variātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		variā		—		—		variāte		—
	future	—		variātō		variātō		—		variātōte		variantō
passive	present	—		variāre		—		—		variāminī		—
	future	—		variātor		variātor		—		—		variantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		variāre			variārī			variāns			—
future		variātūrum esse			variātum īrī			variātūrus			variandus
perfect		variāvisse			variātum esse			—			variātus
future perfect		—			variātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		variātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		variandī		variandō		variandum		variandō		variātum		variātū

Derived terms

• convariō
• variābilis
• varianter
• variātim
• variātiō
• variātus

Related terms

• variānus
• variē
• variegō
• varietās
• varius

Descendants

• → Catalan: variar
• → French: varier
  • → English: vary
  • → Polish: wariować
• → Galician: variar
• → Italian: variare
• → Piedmontese: varié
• → Portuguese: variar
• → Romanian: varia
• → Spanish: variar

Adjective

variō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of varius

References

• “vario”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vario”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vario”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to experience the vicissitudes of fortune; to have a chequered career: varia fortuna uti
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈʋɑːrʲo̟ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑːrʲo̟ː
• Syllabification: vã‧rio

Noun

vãrio

1. genitive singular of vãris (“copper”)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈɾi.u/, /vaˈɾiw/ [vaˈɾiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾi.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾi.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɾi.u/

• Hyphenation: va‧ri‧o

Verb

vario

1. first-person singular present indicative of variar

Etymology 2

Adjective

vario (feminine varia, masculine plural varios, feminine plural varias)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of vário

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

vario (Cyrillic spelling варио)

1. active past participle of variti

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin varius (“diverse, various”). Doublet of vero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾjo/ [ˈba.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: va‧rio
• Homophone: bario

Adjective

vario (feminine varia, masculine plural varios, feminine plural varias)

1. various
2. varied

Related terms

• variar

Further reading

• “vario”, 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