🇵🇹 Portuguese

discursos

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

os discursos

speeches

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discursos
/us dʒisˈkuʁsus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say discursos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us dʒisˈkuʁsus/

How do you pronounce discursos in Portuguese?

discursos is pronounced /us dʒisˈkuʁsus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O discurso político foi muito longo e cansativo.

The political speech was very long and tiring.

Aquele discurso inflamado causou grande impacto na audiência atenta.

That inflamed speech caused great impact on the attentive audience.

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Why is it masculine?

Discursos is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "discursus," the masculine past participle of "discurrere" (to run about, discourse), which retained its masculine gender through Romance language evolution. Like most Latin nouns ending in "-sus," it maintained the masculine gender classification when Portuguese inherited it.

What is the Portuguese word for speeches?

The Portuguese word for speeches is os discursos — masculine.

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