🇵🇹 Portuguese

aumento

masculine

o aumento

raise

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aumento
/u awˈmẽtu/
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How do you say aumento in Portuguese?

IPA
/u awˈmẽtu/

How do you pronounce aumento in Portuguese?

aumento is pronounced /u awˈmẽtu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O aumento salarial foi muito significativo este ano.

The salary increase was very significant this year.

Esse aumento inesperado nos custos afetou todo o projeto.

This unexpected increase in costs affected the entire project.

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Why is it masculine?

Aumento is masculine because it derives from the Latin noun "aumentum", which comes from the verb "augmentare" meaning "to increase." Portuguese inherited this masculine gender from Latin, where the suffix "-mentum" typically produced masculine nouns that were carried into Portuguese as "-mento" words.

What is the Portuguese word for raise?

The Portuguese word for raise is o aumento — masculine.

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