🇵🇹 Portuguese

árbitros

masculine

os árbitros

referees

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árbitros
/us ˈaʁbitɾus/
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How do you say árbitros in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈaʁbitɾus/

How do you pronounce árbitros in Portuguese?

árbitros is pronounced /us ˈaʁbitɾus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O árbitro experiente foi muito justo na decisão final do jogo.

The experienced referee was very fair in the final decision of the game.

O árbitro português chegou atrasado e teve que apitar rapidamente.

The Portuguese referee arrived late and had to whistle quickly.

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Why is it masculine?

Árbitros is masculine because it derives from Latin "arbiter" (masculine noun meaning "judge" or "one who decides"), which retained its masculine gender through Portuguese phonetic evolution. The Latin masculine ending -er naturally evolved into the Portuguese masculine ending -o, preserving the original gender assignment.

What is the Portuguese word for referees?

The Portuguese word for referees is os árbitros — masculine.

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