🇵🇹 Portuguese

medos

masculine

os medos

fears

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medos
/us ˈmedus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say medos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈmedus/

How do you pronounce medos in Portuguese?

medos is pronounced /us ˈmedus/ 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?

Medos 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 fears?

The Portuguese word for fears is os medos — masculine.

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