🇵🇹 Portuguese

amigo

masculine

o amigo

friend

Try it

amigo
/u aˈmiɡu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say amigo in Portuguese?

IPA
/u aˈmiɡu/

How do you pronounce amigo in Portuguese?

amigo is pronounced /u aˈmiɡu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O amigo novo chegou ontem e trouxe um presente para mim.

The new friend (male) arrived yesterday and brought a gift for me.

Meu amigo melhor é muito inteligente e sempre me ajuda nos estudos.

My best friend (male) is very intelligent and always helps me with my studies.

Swipe amigo in Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Portuguese.

Download on the App Store

Why is it masculine?

Amigo is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "amicus" (male friend), which carried masculine grammatical gender that persisted through the evolution of Romance languages; the feminine form "amiga" was later formed by adding the feminine suffix "-a" to the masculine root.

What is the Portuguese word for friend?

The Portuguese word for friend is o amigo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchamil'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishamigoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianamicol'masculine

Practice with Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Portuguese.

Download on the App Store