🇵🇹 portoghese

bairro

masculine

o bairro

neighborhood

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bairro
/u ˈbajʁu/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice bairro in portoghese?

AFI
/u ˈbajʁu/

How do you pronounce bairro in portoghese?

bairro is pronounced /u ˈbajʁu/ in portoghese.

Frasi di esempio

O bairro antigo é muito procurado pelos turistas.

The old neighborhood is very sought after by tourists.

Este bairro residencial oferece muitos serviços públicos.

This residential neighborhood offers many public services.

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Perché è masculine?

Bairro is masculine. While it does derive from Arabic through Spanish influence, the etymology is more complex than stated. The word comes from Spanish "barrio," which derives from Arabic "barrī" (meaning "outer" or "exterior"). However, the claim that masculine gender was "preserved" through this etymological line is misleading—in Spanish, "barrio" is also masculine, and Portuguese adopted both the word and its gender from Spanish during the medieval period. The masculine gender is simply a lexical property of the word as borrowed into Portuguese, not necessarily because the gender was actively preserved from Arabic.

Come si dice neighborhood in portoghese?

In portoghese, neighborhood si dice o bairro — masculine.

Genere nelle altre lingue

LinguaParolaArticoloGenere
🇫🇷 Frenchquartierlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianquartiereilmasculine

Esercitati con Accord

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