🇵🇹 portugais

mérito

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masculine

o mérito

merit

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mérito
/u ˈmɛɾitu/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on mérito en portugais ?

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/u ˈmɛɾitu/

How do you pronounce mérito in portugais?

mérito is pronounced /u ˈmɛɾitu/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

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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Pourquoi est-ce 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.

Comment dit-on merit en portugais ?

En portugais, merit se dit o mérito — masculine.

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