🇵🇹 Portuguese

minutos

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masculine

os minutos

minutes

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minutos
/us miˈnutus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say minutos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us miˈnutus/

How do you pronounce minutos in Portuguese?

minutos is pronounced /us miˈnutus/ 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?

Minutos 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 minutes?

The Portuguese word for minutes is os minutos — masculine.

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