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o filme
film
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How do you say filme in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce filme in Portuguese?
filme is pronounced /u ˈfiwmi/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O filme antigo que assistimos ontem era muito bom.
The old film that we watched yesterday was very good.
Esse filme italiano é o melhor que eu já vi.
This Italian film is the best one I've ever seen.
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Why is it masculine?
Filme is masculine in Portuguese. While it is indeed a loanword from English "film" borrowed in the early 20th century, the gender assignment cannot be reliably explained by the "-e" ending pattern. Portuguese nouns ending in "-e" are typically masculine (like "homem" and "nome"), but many are feminine (like "arte", "base", "fonte"). The masculine gender of "filme" was likely assigned during borrowing based on the semantic category of the word or analogy with similar masculine nouns, but the exact mechanism of gender assignment for this loanword is not definitively documented in standard linguistic sources.
What is the Portuguese word for film?
The Portuguese word for film is o filme — masculine.
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