🇵🇹 portugués

correio

masculine

o correio

mail

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correio
/u koˈʁeju/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice correio en portugués?

AFI
/u koˈʁeju/

How do you pronounce correio in portugués?

correio is pronounced /u koˈʁeju/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

O correio central está fechado hoje porque é feriado.

The central post office is closed today because it's a holiday.

Meu avô trabalhou no correio português durante quarenta anos.

My grandfather worked at the Portuguese postal service for forty years.

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¿Por qué es masculine?

Correio (mail/mailman) is masculine. The word derives from Latin "currere" (to run) or "cursus" (course/journey), which were masculine/neuter forms. In Portuguese, it evolved to refer to both the postal service and a postal worker (mailman). Portuguese inherited the masculine gender from its Latin roots, where words related to movement and occupations often carried masculine gender.

¿Cómo se dice mail en portugués?

En portugués, mail se dice o correio — masculine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇪🇸 Spanishcorreoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianposta flips!lafeminine

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