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mario

/ˈmɑɹioʊ/

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What does mario mean?

noun

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

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Italian or Spanish.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɑɹioʊ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈmæɹioʊ/
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Even when she married Mario, the jeweller, she did not go far from home, and Tintoretto grew every year fonder and prouder of his clever and beautiful daughter.
Amy SteedmanKnights of Art: Stories of the Italian PaintersProject Gutenberg ebook #529
These had often a patriotic strain, and Rowland had more than once been irritated by her quotations from Mrs. Sigourney in the cork-woods of Monte Mario, and from Mr. Willis among the ruins of Veii.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176