🇵🇹 Portuguese

ensaios

masculine

os ensaios

rehearsals

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ensaios
/us ẽˈsajus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ensaios in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ẽˈsajus/

How do you pronounce ensaios in Portuguese?

ensaios is pronounced /us ẽˈsajus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O ensaio clássico de Montaigne é considerado uma obra-prima da literatura francesa.

Montaigne's classical essay is considered a masterpiece of French literature.

O ensaio técnico foi rejeitado porque estava muito desorganizado e pouco convincente.

The technical essay was rejected because it was very disorganized and unconvincing.

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Why is it masculine?

Ensaios is masculine. It derives from the Latin "exagium" (a weighing or trial), which was neuter in Latin. However, Portuguese inherited the masculine gender through Old Portuguese phonetic evolution and Romance language gender patterns. The "-io" ending in Portuguese typically indicates masculine gender, and "ensaio" follows this pattern consistently in Modern Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for rehearsals?

The Portuguese word for rehearsals is os ensaios — masculine.

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