🇵🇹 Portuguese

atores

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masculine

os atores

actors

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atores
/us aˈtoɾis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say atores in Portuguese?

IPA
/us aˈtoɾis/

How do you pronounce atores in Portuguese?

atores is pronounced /us aˈtoɾis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O ator brasileiro ganhou um prêmio internacional pelo seu desempenho excelente no filme.

The Brazilian actor won an international award for his excellent performance in the film.

Aquele ator talentoso foi escolhido como o melhor do ano pelos críticos especializados.

That talented actor was chosen as the best of the year by specialized critics.

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Why is it masculine?

The suffix "-ator" is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "-ator," which was inherently a masculine grammatical gender marker used to denote agent nouns (those performing an action), and this gender assignment persisted through Portuguese's evolution from Latin. This contrasts with the feminine "-atriz" (from Latin "-atrix"), which was the explicitly feminine form of the same suffix.

What is the Portuguese word for actors?

The Portuguese word for actors is os atores — masculine.

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