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o café
coffee
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How do you say café in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce café in Portuguese?
café is pronounced /u kaˈfɛ/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O café quente que comprei esta manhã era delicioso.
The hot coffee that I bought this morning was delicious.
Este café brasileiro é muito mais forte do que o café colombiano.
This Brazilian coffee is much stronger than the Colombian coffee.
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Why is it masculine?
Café is masculine in Portuguese. The word derives from Arabic "qahwa" through French "café," entering Portuguese via trade and cultural contact. In Portuguese, the word adopted the masculine gender, though the explanation for why specifically masculine is complex—it may relate to how the word was borrowed and integrated into Portuguese noun patterns, but the claim about "masculine gender patterns typical of words borrowed from Arabic" is overstated, as Arabic loanwords in Portuguese do not consistently follow a single gender pattern.
What is the Portuguese word for coffee?
The Portuguese word for coffee is o café — masculine.
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