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o fogo
fire
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How do you say fogo in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce fogo in Portuguese?
fogo is pronounced /u ˈfoɡu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O fogo intenso destruiu toda a floresta rapidamente.
The intense fire destroyed the entire forest quickly.
Aquele fogo perigoso foi controlado pelos bombeiros corajosos.
That dangerous fire was controlled by the brave firefighters.
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Why is it masculine?
Fogo is masculine because it derives from Latin "focus" (meaning hearth or fireplace), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. The semantic shift from "hearth" to "fire" occurred naturally as the word evolved through Vulgar Latin and into the Romance languages.
What is the Portuguese word for fire?
The Portuguese word for fire is o fogo — masculine.
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