🇵🇹 Portuguese

casaco

masculine

o casaco

coat

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casaco
/u kaˈzaku/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say casaco in Portuguese?

IPA
/u kaˈzaku/

How do you pronounce casaco in Portuguese?

casaco is pronounced /u kaˈzaku/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O casaco azul que comprei ontem é muito quente e confortável.

The blue jacket that I bought yesterday is very warm and comfortable.

Aquele casaco marrom está sujo; preciso lavá-lo antes de usá-lo novamente.

That brown jacket is dirty; I need to wash it before wearing it again.

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Why is it masculine?

Casaco (coat) is masculine in Portuguese. While it likely derives from Arabic or similar Semitic roots, the gender assignment cannot be reliably predicted from etymological origin alone. The word's masculine gender is an established convention in Portuguese that must be learned as part of the word itself rather than derived from a productive rule.

What is the Portuguese word for coat?

The Portuguese word for coat is o casaco — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmanteaulemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishabrigoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiancappottoilmasculine

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