🇵🇹 portugués

mérito

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 mérito

merit

Try it

mérito
/u ˈmɛɾitu/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice mérito en portugués?

AFI
/u ˈmɛɾitu/

How do you pronounce mérito in portugués?

mérito is pronounced /u ˈmɛɾitu/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

O mérito acadêmico dele é inegável; ele recebeu o prêmio mais prestigioso.

His academic merit is undeniable; he received the most prestigious award.

Esse mérito profissional, tão merecido e reconhecido, abriu portas para sua carreira internacional.

That professional merit, so well-deserved and recognized, opened doors for his international career.

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¿Por qué es masculine?

Mérito is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "meritum" (a neuter past participle of "mereri," meaning to deserve). In the evolution from Latin to Portuguese and other Romance languages, neuter nouns were typically reassigned to either masculine or feminine gender. "Meritum" was reassigned to the masculine gender, and Portuguese inherited this masculine classification. The modern Portuguese noun "mérito" maintains this masculine gender, reinforced by the productive masculine suffix "-o" that characterizes many Portuguese masculine nouns.

¿Cómo se dice merit en portugués?

En portugués, merit se dice o mérito — masculine.

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