AccordPortuguese gender. Demystified.
In Portuguese, every noun has a gender — masculine or feminine. The patterns behind those genders are mostly predictable once you know what to look for. Start with the endings below.
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Six high-signal endings that cover a large share of Portuguese nouns.
-o
masculine
o livro, o carro, o gato
-a
feminine
a casa, a porta, a mesa
-ção / -são
feminine
a nação, a paixão, a solução
-or
masculine
o amor, o calor, o professor
-dade / -tude
feminine
a cidade, a liberdade, a atitude
-agem
feminine
a viagem, a imagem, a mensagem
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Cognates share their spelling or roots across Romance languages. They're the fastest way into Portuguese gender — a handful of endings cover hundreds of words.
Portuguese gender in Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Portuguese.