🇵🇹 Portuguese

braço

masculine

o braço

arm

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braço
/u ˈbɾasu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say braço in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈbɾasu/

How do you pronounce braço in Portuguese?

braço is pronounced /u ˈbɾasu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O braço direito do jogador estava machucado, então ele não podia jogar.

The player's right arm was injured, so he couldn't play.

Um braço forte é necessário para este trabalho manual pesado.

A strong arm is necessary for this heavy manual work.

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Why is it masculine?

Braço is masculine because it derives from Latin "bracchium," which was masculine in gender, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical classification through regular sound changes from Vulgar Latin. The word ultimately traces back to Greek "brachion" (βραχίων), also masculine, reflecting the ancient Indo-European gender system where body parts often took masculine gender.

What is the Portuguese word for arm?

The Portuguese word for arm is o braço — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbraslemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishbrazoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianbraccioilmasculine

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