🇵🇹 Portuguese

armário

masculine

o armário

closet

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armário
/u aʁˈmaɾiu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say armário in Portuguese?

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/u aʁˈmaɾiu/

How do you pronounce armário in Portuguese?

armário is pronounced /u aʁˈmaɾiu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O armário antigo estava cheio de documentos importantes.

The old cabinet was full of important documents.

Aquele armário quebrado precisa ser consertado antes de usarmos.

That broken cabinet needs to be fixed before we use it.

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Why is it masculine?

Armário is masculine because it derives from Latin "armarium" (a chest or cabinet for storing arms/weapons), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and Portuguese inherited this gender along with the word. The Latin root "arma" (weapons) influenced the masculine classification of the container noun.

What is the Portuguese word for closet?

The Portuguese word for closet is o armário — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchplacardlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanisharmarioelmasculine

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