corsário

Meaning

1. (masculine) pirate; corsair (one who plunders at sea)
2. (masculine) privateer (crew member of a private warship sanctioned to attack enemy ships)

Concepts

pirate

privateer

corsair

buccaneer

sea robber

sea rover

black hat hacker

filibuster

freebooter

plunderer

Synonyms

pirata

bucaneiro

flibustaria

navio corsário

Corsários

Translations

corsaire

pirate

Korsar

corsaro

Pirat

piraat

Seeräuber

πειρατής

pirata

pirata

pirata

pirata

pirata

kaper

Pronounced as (IPA)

/koʁˈsa.ɾi.u/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: corsaro

In summary

Borrowed from Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursārius. Alternatively, reformed from earlier cossário and cossairo as corso + -ário.