🇵🇹 Portuguese

hábito

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masculine

o hábito

habit

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hábito
/u ˈabitu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say hábito in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈabitu/

How do you pronounce hábito in Portuguese?

hábito is pronounced /u ˈabitu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O hábito antigo de tomar café da manhã é muito importante para a saúde.

The old habit of having breakfast is very important for health.

Esse hábito prejudicial foi difícil de abandonar, mas consegui.

This harmful habit was difficult to abandon, but I managed it.

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Why is it masculine?

Hábito is masculine because it derives from Latin "habitus" (masculine noun), which retained its gender through the evolution from Latin to Portuguese. The word originally meant "condition" or "state of being" and came to mean "habit" or "clothing/dress," maintaining the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor.

What is the Portuguese word for habit?

The Portuguese word for habit is o hábito — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchhabitude flips!l'feminine
🇮🇹 Italianabitudine flips!l'feminine

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