🇵🇹 Portuguese

bancos

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 bancos

banks

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bancos
/us ˈbɐ̃kus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bancos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈbɐ̃kus/

How do you pronounce bancos in Portuguese?

bancos is pronounced /us ˈbɐ̃kus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O banco novo oferece serviços excelentes.

The new bank offers excellent services.

O banco de madeira antigo está quebrado.

The old wooden bench is broken.

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Why is it masculine?

Bancos is masculine in Portuguese. While it does derive from Latin, the word comes from "bancus" (a bench or counter), and its masculine gender was preserved through Romance language evolution. However, the -us ending explanation is incomplete: in Portuguese specifically, masculine nouns typically end in -o (the Latin -us ending evolved to -o in Portuguese), which is the actual reason "banco" appears masculine in modern Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for banks?

The Portuguese word for banks is os bancos — masculine.

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