🇵🇹 Portuguese

empréstimo

masculine

o empréstimo

loan

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empréstimo
/u ẽˈpɾɛstʃimu/
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How do you say empréstimo in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ẽˈpɾɛstʃimu/

How do you pronounce empréstimo in Portuguese?

empréstimo is pronounced /u ẽˈpɾɛstʃimu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O empréstimo bancário foi aprovado rapidamente porque o gerente considerou nosso histórico excelente.

The bank loan was approved quickly because the manager considered our excellent history.

Esse empréstimo pessoal é muito mais acessível do que o empréstimo imobiliário tradicional.

This personal loan is much more accessible than the traditional real estate loan.

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Why is it masculine?

Empréstimo is masculine. In Portuguese, nouns ending in -o are typically masculine. The word derives from Latin "praestimum" (related to "praestare," meaning to stand before or provide), and the masculine gender was preserved through the evolution from Latin to Portuguese, where the -o ending (evolved from Latin -um) continues to mark most masculine nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for loan?

The Portuguese word for loan is o empréstimo — masculine.

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