🇵🇹 Portuguese

lobo

masculine

o lobo

wolf

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lobo
/u ˈlobu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say lobo in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈlobu/

How do you pronounce lobo in Portuguese?

lobo is pronounced /u ˈlobu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O lobo cinzento uivava na floresta escura.

The gray wolf was howling in the dark forest.

Um lobo feroz atacou o rebanho desprotegido.

A fierce wolf attacked the unprotected flock.

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Why is it masculine?

Lobo is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "lupus" (masculine), which retained its gender through regular sound changes during the evolution from Latin to Portuguese. The word's gender is determined by its Latin etymological source rather than following a phonetic rule, as Portuguese doesn't assign gender based on word endings alone.

What is the Portuguese word for wolf?

The Portuguese word for wolf is o lobo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlouplemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishloboelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianlupoilmasculine

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