🇵🇹 Portuguese

méritos

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masculine

os méritos

merits

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méritos
/us ˈmɛɾitus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say méritos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈmɛɾitus/

How do you pronounce méritos in Portuguese?

méritos is pronounced /us ˈmɛɾitus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O mérito acadêmico dele é inegável; ele recebeu o prêmio mais prestigioso.

His academic merit is undeniable; he received the most prestigious award.

Esse mérito profissional, tão merecido e reconhecido, abriu portas para sua carreira internacional.

That professional merit, so well-deserved and recognized, opened doors for his international career.

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Why is it masculine?

Méritos is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "meritum" (a neuter past participle of "mereri," meaning to deserve). In the evolution from Latin to Portuguese and other Romance languages, neuter nouns were typically reassigned to either masculine or feminine gender. "Meritum" was reassigned to the masculine gender, and Portuguese inherited this masculine classification. The modern Portuguese noun "mérito" maintains this masculine gender, reinforced by the productive masculine suffix "-o" that characterizes many Portuguese masculine nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for merits?

The Portuguese word for merits is os méritos — masculine.

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