Spanish words ending in -ario (from English -ary)
English -ary becomes Spanish -ario: salary → salario, necessary → necesario, ordinary → ordinario. It covers both adjectives and a useful set of concrete nouns.
How the rule works
- Adjectives agree in full: necesario / necesaria / necesarios / necesarias.
- Nouns are usually masculine: el salario, el diccionario.
- Stress is on the -a-: ne-ce-SA-rio. The -io is one syllable.
- Spanish simplifies English double letters here: necessary → necesario.
Start with these
- secretary → secretario
- anniversary → aniversario
- salary → salario
- commentary → comentario
- revolutionary → revolucionario
- dictionary → diccionario
Every verified word in this family (86)
Each pair below was checked on both sides: the Spanish word exists in a spell-checker and a frequency list, and the meaning was cross-checked rather than assumed from the spelling. Tap 🔊 to hear it.
- actuary→actuario
- adversary→adversario
- alimentary→alimentario
- anniversary→aniversario
- arbitrary→arbitrarioLatin arbitrārius
- aviary→aviario
- beneficiary→beneficiario
- bestiary→bestiario
- bicentenary→bicentenario
- binary→binario
- breviary→breviario
- calvary→calvario
- canary→canario
- centenary→centenario
- commentary→comentarioLatin commentārius
- complementary→complementario
- contrary→contrario
- coronary→coronario
- denary→denario
- depositary→depositario
- dictionary→diccionarioLatin dictiō ‘saying, speaking’
- dietary→dietario
- disciplinary→disciplinario
- dispensary→dispensario
- domiciliary→domiciliario
- dromedary→dromedario
- estuary→estuario
- extraordinary→extraordinarioLatin extraordinārius
- fiduciary→fiduciario
- formulary→formulario
- fragmentary→fragmentario
- funerary→funerario
- glossary→glosario
- hereditary→hereditarioLatin hērēditārius
- honorary→honorarioLatin honōrārius
- horary→horario
- imaginary→imaginario
- incendiary→incendiario
- interdisciplinary→interdisciplinario
- intermediary→intermediario
- itinerary→itinerario
- judiciary→judiciario
- lapidary→lapidario
- legendary→legendario
- legionary→legionario
- literary→literarioLatin litterārius
- mercenary→mercenario
- mobiliary→mobiliario
- monetary→monetarioLatin monētārius
- multidisciplinary→multidisciplinario
- nectary→nectario
- nobiliary→nobiliario
- notary→notario
- obituary→obituario
- ordinary→ordinario
- pecuniary→pecuniario
- pensionary→pensionario
- pituitary→pituitario
- planetary→planetarioLatin planēta
- plenary→plenario
- primary→primario
- reactionary→reaccionario
- revolutionary→revolucionario
- rosary→rosario
- rudimentary→rudimentario
- salary→salario
- sanctuary→santuario
- sanguinary→sanguinarioLatin sanguinārius
- sanitary→sanitarioLatin sānitās
- secretary→secretarioLatin sēcrētārius
- sectary→sectario
- sedentary→sedentario
- sedimentary→sedimentario
- seminary→seminario
- solitary→solitario
- subsidiary→subsidiario
- temporary→temporario
- ternary→ternario
- testamentary→testamentario
- tributary→tributario
- unitary→unitario
- urinary→urinario
- veterinary→veterinario
- visionary→visionario
- vocabulary→vocabulario
- voluntary→voluntario
FAQ
Does -ary ever become -aria instead?
Only when agreement demands it (una condición necesaria) or when the noun is feminine by convention, such as la secretaria.
Are -ario words formal?
Not particularly — diccionario, horario (timetable) and salario are all everyday words.
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