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How do you say medo in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce medo in Portuguese?
medo is pronounced /u ˈmedu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O medo intenso que senti durante o filme me deixou tremendo.
The intense fear that I felt during the movie left me trembling. (masculine 'medo' requires masculine article 'o' and masculine adjective 'intenso')
Aquele medo profundo e irracional era completamente injustificado.
That deep and irrational fear was completely unjustified. (masculine 'medo' requires masculine demonstrative 'aquele' and masculine adjectives 'profundo' and 'irracional')
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Why is it masculine?
Medo is masculine because it derives from Latin "metus," which was a masculine noun in the second declension, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. This gender assignment follows the regular pattern where Latin masculine nouns typically remained masculine in Romance languages.
What is the Portuguese word for fear?
The Portuguese word for fear is o medo — masculine.
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