🇵🇹 Portuguese

laboratórios

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masculine

os laboratórios

laboratories

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laboratórios
/us laboɾaˈtɔɾjus/
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How do you say laboratórios in Portuguese?

IPA
/us laboɾaˈtɔɾjus/

How do you pronounce laboratórios in Portuguese?

laboratórios is pronounced /us laboɾaˈtɔɾjus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O laboratório novo foi equipado com microscópios modernos.

The new laboratory was equipped with modern microscopes.

O laboratório antigo precisava ser reformado porque estava obsoleto.

The old laboratory needed to be renovated because it was obsolete.

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Why is it masculine?

Laboratórios is masculine. It derives from Latin "laboratorium" (a noun meaning "workshop" or "place of work"), which is a neuter noun ending in "-orium". In the transition from Latin to Portuguese and other Romance languages, these neuter "-orium" endings were reinterpreted as masculine and became the Portuguese "-ório" suffix. Portuguese nouns ending in "-ório" are typically masculine, following this historical pattern of gender reassignment during the Romance language evolution.

What is the Portuguese word for laboratories?

The Portuguese word for laboratories is os laboratórios — masculine.

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