mario

UK /ˈmaɹiəʊ/ US /ˈmɑɹioʊ/

name 1noun 1

Definitions

name

A male given name from Italian or Spanish.

It's-a me! Mario!

Mario enjoying the smells of the calliopsis alongside the grounds' quincunx paths, the sweetish pines and the briers' yeasty musk […].

noun

Ellipsis of Mario Andretti (“one who drives fast or recklessly”).

Collocations

ADJ.

cardinal, fat, last, managed, new, released, shorter, sick

The new Mario game was released last month and quickly became a bestseller.

VERB + MARIO

according, it's-a, keeping, let's, play, playing

Let's play Mario before we go out for dinner tonight.

MARIO + NOUN

bergoglio, bros, costa, draghi, instruction, italian, luigi, plumber

Mario Draghi served as the president of the European Central Bank for eight years.

PREP.

in, since, than

Mario has been working at the company since 2015.

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Example Bank

It's-a me! Mario!

Wiktionary

Mario enjoying the smells of the calliopsis alongside the grounds' quincunx paths, the sweetish pines and the briers' yeasty musk […].

Wiktionary

Coccinelle, the flamboyant star of a female-impersonation revue at the Carrousel Club in Paris, recounted the saga of her physical transformation to Italiaan journalist Mario Costa.

Wiktionary

Since Mario lied to me, I don't speak to him anymore.

Tatoeba · #2303

At last, Mario managed to win the princess's love.

Tatoeba · #28702

Keeping Mario in a state in which he can throw fireballs is a delicate process; that newfound power sometimes makes one cocky and careless.

Tatoeba · #697807

Usage Notes

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In some senses, mario is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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