🇵🇹 Portuguese

evento

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

o evento

event

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evento
/u eˈvẽtu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say evento in Portuguese?

IPA
/u eˈvẽtu/

How do you pronounce evento in Portuguese?

evento is pronounced /u eˈvẽtu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O evento foi muito importante e todos os convidados chegaram atrasados.

The event was very important and all the guests arrived late.

Esse evento cultural promovido pelo governo foi bem organizado e muito sucesso.

This cultural event promoted by the government was well organized and very successful.

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Why is it masculine?

Evento is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "eventus" (a masculine noun meaning "outcome" or "occurrence"), and Portuguese preserved the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor. The word entered Portuguese through learned or literary usage rather than popular evolution, which helped maintain its original Latin grammatical gender.

What is the Portuguese word for event?

The Portuguese word for event is o evento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianeventol'masculine

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