🇵🇹 portugués

detergente

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o detergente

detergent

Try it

detergente
/u deteʁˈʒẽtʃi/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice detergente en portugués?

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/u deteʁˈʒẽtʃi/

How do you pronounce detergente in portugués?

detergente is pronounced /u deteʁˈʒẽtʃi/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

O detergente novo que comprei é muito eficaz para limpar roupas delicadas.

The new detergent that I bought is very effective for cleaning delicate clothes.

Aquele detergente concentrado é o melhor, pois um pouco dele rende muito mais.

That concentrated detergent is the best one, because a little bit of it goes a long way.

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¿Por qué es masculine?

Detergente is masculine in Portuguese. While it does derive from Latin "detergens" (present participle of "detergere," meaning to wipe away), the gender retention explanation is incomplete. In Portuguese, nouns ending in "-ente" are typically masculine regardless of their Latin origin. The word is masculine primarily because of the "-ente" suffix pattern in Portuguese, which has become conventionally masculine, rather than solely because of Latin gender preservation.

¿Cómo se dice detergent en portugués?

En portugués, detergent se dice o detergente — masculine.

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