🇵🇹 Portuguese

ginásio

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masculine

o ginásio

gymnasium

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ginásio
/u ʒiˈnazju/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ginásio in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ʒiˈnazju/

How do you pronounce ginásio in Portuguese?

ginásio is pronounced /u ʒiˈnazju/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O ginásio novo foi construído no centro da cidade.

The new gymnasium was built in the city center.

Aquele ginásio é muito bem equipado para as aulas de educação física.

That gymnasium is very well equipped for physical education classes.

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Why is it masculine?

Ginásio is masculine because it derives from Latin "gymnasium," which is a neuter noun in Latin but was adopted into Portuguese through Greek "gymnásion" and assigned to the masculine gender following Portuguese's pattern of treating -o ending words as masculine. The word's association with physical training institutions in Romance languages solidified this gender assignment.

What is the Portuguese word for gymnasium?

The Portuguese word for gymnasium is o ginásio — masculine.

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