🇵🇹 Portuguese

minuto

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o minuto

minute

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minuto
/u miˈnutu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say minuto in Portuguese?

IPA
/u miˈnutu/

How do you pronounce minuto in Portuguese?

minuto is pronounced /u miˈnutu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O minuto passado foi muito importante para o time.

The past minute was very important for the team.

Um minuto curto não é suficiente para explicar esse assunto complexo.

A short minute is not enough to explain this complex subject.

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Why is it masculine?

Minuto is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "minutus" (small, minute), which was a first/second declension adjective in the masculine form. In Portuguese, this word became a masculine noun meaning "minute" (a unit of time), retaining the masculine gender from its Latin origin.

What is the Portuguese word for minute?

The Portuguese word for minute is o minuto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchminute flips!lafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishminutoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianminutoilmasculine

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