🇵🇹 Portuguese

fornos

masculine

os fornos

ovens

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fornos
/us ˈfoʁnus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say fornos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈfoʁnus/

How do you pronounce fornos in Portuguese?

fornos is pronounced /us ˈfoʁnus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O forno novo queimou a comida porque estava muito quente.

The new oven burned the food because it was very hot.

Aquele forno antigo ainda funciona bem, apesar de ser muito grande.

That old oven still works well, despite being very large.

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Why is it masculine?

Fornos is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "furnus," which was a masculine noun, and Portuguese retained the gender of its Latin ancestor. The Latin masculine ending "-us" naturally evolved into the Portuguese masculine ending "-o," preserving the original grammatical gender.

What is the Portuguese word for ovens?

The Portuguese word for ovens is os fornos — masculine.

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