🇵🇹 Portuguese

computador

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o computador

computer

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computador
/u kõputaˈdoʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say computador in Portuguese?

IPA
/u kõputaˈdoʁ/

How do you pronounce computador in Portuguese?

computador is pronounced /u kõputaˈdoʁ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O computador novo está quebrado e precisa ser reparado.

The new computer is broken and needs to be repaired.

Meu computador antigo funcionava melhor do que este computador moderno.

My old computer worked better than this modern computer.

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Why is it masculine?

Computador is masculine because it derives from the Latin "computator" (one who computes), which carries the masculine grammatical gender of Latin agent nouns ending in "-or"—a suffix that typically produced masculine nouns in Romance languages. This gender was preserved when Portuguese adopted and adapted the word in the 20th century.

What is the Portuguese word for computer?

The Portuguese word for computer is o computador — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchordinateurl'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishordenadorelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiancomputerilmasculine

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