🇵🇹 Portuguese

aumentos

masculine

os aumentos

raises

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aumentos
/us awˈmẽtus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say aumentos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us awˈmẽtus/

How do you pronounce aumentos in Portuguese?

aumentos is pronounced /us awˈmẽtus/ 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?

Aumentos 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 raises?

The Portuguese word for raises is os aumentos — masculine.

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