🇵🇹 Portuguese

critérios

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masculine

os critérios

criteria

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critérios
/us kɾiˈtɛɾjus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say critérios in Portuguese?

IPA
/us kɾiˈtɛɾjus/

How do you pronounce critérios in Portuguese?

critérios is pronounced /us kɾiˈtɛɾjus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O critério principal para a aprovação é muito rigoroso.

The main criterion for approval is very strict.

Esse critério objetivo foi estabelecido pelo conselho administrativo.

That objective criterion was established by the administrative board.

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Why is it masculine?

Critérios is masculine because it derives from Latin "criterium," which is a neuter noun in Latin, but Portuguese inherited it through Romance language evolution where many Latin neuter nouns were reassigned to the masculine gender (the default gender for many borrowed or abstract nouns). The word itself comes from Greek "kriterion" (κριτήριον), meaning "a means of judging."

What is the Portuguese word for criteria?

The Portuguese word for criteria is os critérios — masculine.

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