🇵🇹 Portuguese

conselho

masculine

o conselho

advice

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conselho
/u kõˈseʎu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say conselho in Portuguese?

IPA
/u kõˈseʎu/

How do you pronounce conselho in Portuguese?

conselho is pronounced /u kõˈseʎu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O conselho municipal foi muito importante para resolver o problema da comunidade.

The municipal council was very important for solving the community's problem.

Recebi um conselho valioso do meu avó sobre como gerenciar meu negócio.

I received a valuable piece of advice from my grandfather about how to manage my business.

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Why is it masculine?

Conselho is masculine because it derives from Latin "consilium," which was neuter in classical Latin but became masculine in Vulgar Latin and Romance languages, following the pattern of many Latin neuter nouns ending in -ium that shifted to the masculine -o declension in Portuguese. This gender shift occurred naturally as the neuter gender gradually disappeared from Romance languages during their evolution from Latin.

What is the Portuguese word for advice?

The Portuguese word for advice is o conselho — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchconseillemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianconsiglioilmasculine

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