🇵🇹 Portuguese

espaços

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masculine

os espaços

spaces

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espaços
/us isˈpasus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say espaços in Portuguese?

IPA
/us isˈpasus/

How do you pronounce espaços in Portuguese?

espaços is pronounced /us isˈpasus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O espaço aberto permite que os astronautas realizem suas missões com segurança.

The open space allows astronauts to carry out their missions safely. (The masculine adjective 'aberto' and article 'o' mark 'espaço' as masculine; if it were feminine 'a espaça', it would need 'aberta')

Este espaço pequeno foi completamente reformado para se tornar um escritório moderno.

This small space was completely renovated to become a modern office. (The masculine adjectives 'pequeno' and 'moderno' and article 'este' agree with masculine 'espaço'; feminine would require 'pequena' and 'moderna')

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Why is it masculine?

Espaços is masculine because it derives from Latin "spatium," which was a neuter noun, but Portuguese (like Spanish and Italian) reassigned most Latin neuter nouns to the masculine gender during its evolution from Vulgar Latin. This gender shift occurred because the neuter ending "-um" naturally aligned with masculine "-o" endings in Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for spaces?

The Portuguese word for spaces is os espaços — masculine.

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