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Mario

/ˈmɑɹioʊ/

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England/ˈmaɹiəʊ/

Mario proper noun: a male given name from Italian or Spanish. Also the ellipsis of Mario Andretti.

Proper noun

Mario (plural Marios)

  1. 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 […].1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 80

Also used as

Mario is also the ellipsis of Mario Andretti.

Mario meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic

Mario in Hindi

the given name
मारियो māriyo

Mario in Urdu

the given name
ماریو māryo

Mario in Punjabi

the given name
ਮਾਰੀਓ mārīo

Mario in Arabic

the given name
مَارْيُو māryū
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Mario in Persian
ماریو

Forms of Mario

Proper noun
pluralMarios
Noun
pluralMarios

Origin of Mario

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which coming from Latin Marius.

Words formed from Mario

Phrases with Mario

Questions about Mario

What does Mario mean?
Mario means a male given name from Italian or Spanish.
What is Mario in Hindi?
Mario in Hindi is मारियो (māriyo). See Mario meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Mario?
Mario is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mario?
Mario is pronounced /ˈmaɹiəʊ/ (England).

Words near Mario in the dictionary

  1. marinorama
  2. marinoramas
  3. Marinos
  4. Marinucci
  5. Marinuccis
  6. Mario
  7. Mario Andretti
  8. Mario Andrettis
  9. Mario Kart
  10. Mario Karted
  11. Mario Karter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mario (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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