🇵🇹 Portuguese

nascimento

masculine

o nascimento

birth

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nascimento
/u nasiˈmẽtu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say nascimento in Portuguese?

IPA
/u nasiˈmẽtu/

How do you pronounce nascimento in Portuguese?

nascimento is pronounced /u nasiˈmẽtu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O nascimento do meu filho foi o momento mais feliz da minha vida.

The birth of my son was the happiest moment of my life.

O nascimento prematuro exigiu cuidados médicos especiais no hospital.

The premature birth required special medical care in the hospital.

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Why is it masculine?

Nascimento is masculine because it derives from the Latin "-mentum" suffix (from the verb "nascere," to be born), which consistently produces masculine nouns in Portuguese and other Romance languages. The "-mentum" suffix was inherently masculine in Latin and retained that gender through the Romance language evolution.

What is the Portuguese word for birth?

The Portuguese word for birth is o nascimento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchnaissance flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiannascita flips!lafeminine

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