🇵🇹 Portuguese

botão

masculine

o botão

button

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botão
/u boˈtɐ̃w̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say botão in Portuguese?

IPA
/u boˈtɐ̃w̃/

How do you pronounce botão in Portuguese?

botão is pronounced /u boˈtɐ̃w̃/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O botão vermelho da minha camisa está quebrado e preciso costurá-lo.

The red button on my shirt is broken and I need to sew it.

Este botão azul é muito pequeno; aquele botão grande é melhor para crianças.

This blue button is very small; that big button is better for children.

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Why is it masculine?

Botão is masculine because it derives from the Latin "buttōnem" (accusative form of "buttō"), which was a masculine noun. Portuguese retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor, and the -ão suffix in Portuguese typically indicates masculine nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for button?

The Portuguese word for button is o botão — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchboutonlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishbotónelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianbottoneilmasculine

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