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o cadeado
padlock
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How do you say cadeado in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce cadeado in Portuguese?
cadeado is pronounced /u kaˈdʒadu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O cadeado novo estava quebrado, então tive que comprar outro cadeado resistente.
The new lock was broken, so I had to buy another resistant lock.
Aquele cadeado antigo é muito pesado e difícil de abrir.
That old lock is very heavy and difficult to open.
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Why is it masculine?
Cadeado is masculine because it derives from Latin "catēnātus" (chained), a masculine past participle that nominalized into a noun meaning "padlock"; masculine gender was preserved through the regular phonetic evolution from Latin into Portuguese, following the pattern of Latin masculine -ātus forms becoming Portuguese masculine -ado nouns.
What is the Portuguese word for padlock?
The Portuguese word for padlock is o cadeado — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | candado | el | masculine |
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