🇵🇹 Portuguese

arte

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

a arte

art

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arte
/a ˈaʁtʃi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say arte in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈaʁtʃi/

How do you pronounce arte in Portuguese?

arte is pronounced /a ˈaʁtʃi/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A arte moderna é fascinante e desafiadora para os críticos.

Modern art is fascinating and challenging for critics.

A arte clássica italiana permanece eternamente bela e admirada em todo o mundo.

Classical Italian art remains eternally beautiful and admired throughout the world.

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Why is it feminine?

Arte is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "ars, artis," which was feminine in the Latin third declension, and this grammatical gender was preserved as Portuguese evolved from Vulgar Latin. The word retained the feminine article and adjective agreement patterns of its Latin ancestor.

What is the Portuguese word for art?

The Portuguese word for art is a arte — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchart flips!l'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanisharteelfeminine
🇮🇹 Italianartel'feminine

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