🇵🇹 Portuguese

caminho

masculine

o caminho

path

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caminho
/u kaˈmiɲu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say caminho in Portuguese?

IPA
/u kaˈmiɲu/

How do you pronounce caminho in Portuguese?

caminho is pronounced /u kaˈmiɲu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O caminho estreito levou-nos até à aldeia abandonada.

The narrow path led us to the abandoned village.

Aquele caminho antigo era perigoso e escuro à noite.

That old path was dangerous and dark at night.

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Why is it masculine?

Caminho is masculine because it derives from Latin "caminus" (a path or road), which carried masculine gender in Latin's grammatical system, and Portuguese preserved this gender classification through regular sound changes.

What is the Portuguese word for path?

The Portuguese word for path is o caminho — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcheminlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishcaminoelmasculine

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