🇵🇹 Portuguese

gostos

masculine

os gostos

tastes

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gostos
/us ˈɡostus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say gostos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈɡostus/

How do you pronounce gostos in Portuguese?

gostos is pronounced /us ˈɡostus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O gosto amargo da medicina era desagradável.

The bitter taste of the medicine was unpleasant.

Seu gosto musical refinado impressionou todos os convidados.

His refined musical taste impressed all the guests.

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Why is it masculine?

Gostos is masculine because it derives from Latin "gustus" (taste), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. This gender assignment followed the natural evolution of Latin masculine nouns ending in -us, which typically became masculine nouns ending in -o in Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for tastes?

The Portuguese word for tastes is os gostos — masculine.

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