🇵🇹 Portuguese

autores

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

os autores

authors

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autores
/us awˈtoɾis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say autores in Portuguese?

IPA
/us awˈtoɾis/

How do you pronounce autores in Portuguese?

autores is pronounced /us awˈtoɾis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O autor português escreveu um livro excelente que ganhou o prêmio internacional.

The Portuguese author wrote an excellent book that won the international prize.

Aquele autor desconhecido tornou-se famoso após publicar seu primeiro romance aclamado.

That unknown author became famous after publishing his acclaimed first novel.

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Why is it masculine?

Autores is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from the Latin "auctor," which was grammatically masculine, and Portuguese inherited this gender assignment along with the word itself through its evolution from Vulgar Latin. The Latin masculine ending "-or" naturally became Portuguese "-or," preserving the masculine gender.

What is the Portuguese word for authors?

The Portuguese word for authors is os autores — masculine.

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