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o furacão
hurricane
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How do you say furacão in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce furacão in Portuguese?
furacão is pronounced /u fuɾaˈkɐ̃w̃/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O furacão devastador destruiu completamente a cidade costeira.
The devastating hurricane completely destroyed the coastal city.
Um furacão potente e perigoso se aproximava rapidamente da região.
A powerful and dangerous hurricane was approaching the region rapidly.
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Why is it masculine?
Furacão is masculine. The word derives from the Taíno word "huracán," which was borrowed into Spanish and Portuguese. In Portuguese, it naturally took masculine gender as part of the integration of this loanword into the language's grammatical system. The masculine ending "-ão" is a common masculine suffix in Portuguese, which likely reinforced the masculine gender assignment. There is no strict etymological rule determining this gender—it is a lexical pattern based on how borrowed words were integrated into Portuguese grammar.
What is the Portuguese word for hurricane?
The Portuguese word for hurricane is o furacão — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | huracán | el | masculine |
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