🇵🇹 Portuguese

fermentos

masculine

os fermentos

yeasts

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fermentos
/us feʁˈmẽtus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say fermentos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us feʁˈmẽtus/

How do you pronounce fermentos in Portuguese?

fermentos is pronounced /us feʁˈmẽtus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O fermento natural é muito mais eficaz do que o fermento comercial para fazer pão artesanal.

The natural starter/leaven is much more effective than the commercial yeast for making artisanal bread.

Este fermento específico foi desenvolvido para ser mais rápido e poderoso na fermentação.

This specific yeast was developed to be faster and more powerful in fermentation.

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Why is it masculine?

Fermentos is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "fermentum" (masculine), which comes from the verb "fervere" (to boil/ferment), and retained the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor through regular phonetic evolution.

What is the Portuguese word for yeasts?

The Portuguese word for yeasts is os fermentos — masculine.

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