🇵🇹 Portuguese

inícios

masculine

os inícios

starts

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inícios
/us iˈnisius/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say inícios in Portuguese?

IPA
/us iˈnisius/

How do you pronounce inícios in Portuguese?

inícios is pronounced /us iˈnisius/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O início foi muito difícil, mas o final foi melhor.

The beginning was very difficult, but the end was better.

Este início promissor do projeto nos deixou otimistas.

This promising beginning of the project left us optimistic.

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Why is it masculine?

Inícios is masculine because it derives from the Latin "initium." In Portuguese, words ending in -o are typically masculine, and this pattern developed from Latin masculine and neuter nouns. The -ium ending in Latin often corresponded to masculine -o endings in Romance languages like Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for starts?

The Portuguese word for starts is os inícios — masculine.

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