🇵🇹 Portuguese

estádio

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masculine

o estádio

stadium

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estádio
/u isˈtadʒju/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say estádio in Portuguese?

IPA
/u isˈtadʒju/

How do you pronounce estádio in Portuguese?

estádio is pronounced /u isˈtadʒju/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O estádio novo foi construído com arquitetura moderna para abrigar o próximo campeonato internacional.

The new stadium was built with modern architecture to host the next international championship.

Este estádio histórico permanece bem preservado porque foi declarado patrimônio cultural importante.

This historic stadium remains well preserved because it was declared an important cultural heritage site.

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Why is it masculine?

Estádio is masculine because it derives from Latin "stadium," which was itself borrowed from Greek "stadion" (a unit of length and a running track), and Latin masculine nouns ending in -ium typically remained masculine when Portuguese evolved. This -ium ending is a common masculine marker in Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for stadium?

The Portuguese word for stadium is o estádio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchstadelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishestadioelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianstadiolomasculine

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