🇵🇹 portugais

banco

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 banco

bank

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banco
/u ˈbɐ̃ku/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on banco en portugais ?

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/u ˈbɐ̃ku/

How do you pronounce banco in portugais?

banco is pronounced /u ˈbɐ̃ku/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

O banco novo oferece serviços excelentes.

The new bank offers excellent services.

O banco de madeira antigo está quebrado.

The old wooden bench is broken.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Banco is masculine in Portuguese. While it does derive from Latin, the word comes from "bancus" (a bench or counter), and its masculine gender was preserved through Romance language evolution. However, the -us ending explanation is incomplete: in Portuguese specifically, masculine nouns typically end in -o (the Latin -us ending evolved to -o in Portuguese), which is the actual reason "banco" appears masculine in modern Portuguese.

Comment dit-on bank en portugais ?

En portugais, bank se dit o banco — masculine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇫🇷 Frenchbanque flips!lafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishbancoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianbanca flips!lafeminine

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