🇵🇹 Portuguese

céu

masculine

o céu

sky

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céu
/u ˈsɛw/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say céu in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈsɛw/

How do you pronounce céu in Portuguese?

céu is pronounced /u ˈsɛw/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O céu azul da manhã era tão lindo que todos pararam para admirá-lo.

The blue sky of the morning was so beautiful that everyone stopped to admire it.

Aquele céu estrelado nos inspirou a contar histórias antigas sobre o universo.

That starry sky inspired us to tell ancient stories about the universe.

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Why is it masculine?

Céu (sky) is masculine because it descends from Latin "caelum," which was a masculine noun of the second declension, and Portuguese preserved this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. The word's gender was simply inherited from its Latin ancestor, as most Portuguese nouns retain their original Latin gender classifications.

What is the Portuguese word for sky?

The Portuguese word for sky is o céu — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchciellemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishcieloelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiancieloilmasculine

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