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o carvão
coal
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How do you say carvão in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce carvão in Portuguese?
carvão is pronounced /u kaʁˈvɐ̃w̃/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O carvão negro foi extraído da mina profunda.
The black coal was extracted from the deep mine.
Este carvão antigo é muito valioso para os pesquisadores históricos.
This old coal is very valuable for historical researchers.
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Why is it masculine?
Carvão is masculine because it derives from Latin "carbonem" (accusative of "carbo"), which was a masculine noun, and Portuguese preserved this gender through its Romance language evolution. The word literally means "coal" or "charcoal," and the masculine gender was inherited directly from the Latin masculine declension.
What is the Portuguese word for coal?
The Portuguese word for coal is o carvão — masculine.
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