🇵🇹 Portuguese

metros

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masculine

os metros

meters

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metros
/us ˈmetɾus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say metros in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈmetɾus/

How do you pronounce metros in Portuguese?

metros is pronounced /us ˈmetɾus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O metro novo da cidade é muito eficiente e moderno.

The new metro of the city is very efficient and modern.

O metro antigo precisava de reformas urgentes para funcionar melhor.

The old metro needed urgent reforms to work better.

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Why is it masculine?

Metros is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "metrum" (a measure or meter), which is a neuter noun that became masculine when adopted into Portuguese, following the language's tendency to assign neuter Latin nouns to the masculine gender during its evolution from Vulgar Latin.

What is the Portuguese word for meters?

The Portuguese word for meters is os metros — masculine.

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