🇵🇹 Portuguese

nevoeiro

masculine

o nevoeiro

fog

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nevoeiro
/u nevoˈejɾu/
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How do you say nevoeiro in Portuguese?

IPA
/u nevoˈejɾu/

How do you pronounce nevoeiro in Portuguese?

nevoeiro is pronounced /u nevoˈejɾu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O nevoeiro espesso cobriu toda a estrada esta manhã.

The thick fog covered the entire road this morning.

Aquele nevoeiro intenso tornou a visibilidade impossível para os motoristas.

That intense fog made visibility impossible for drivers.

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Why is it masculine?

Nevoeiro is masculine because it derives from Latin "nebula" (fog/mist) combined with the suffix "-eiro" (a place or agent suffix). The "-eiro" suffix in Portuguese typically produces masculine nouns. The word literally means "a place of fog," and the masculine gender comes from the productive masculine suffix "-eiro."

What is the Portuguese word for fog?

The Portuguese word for fog is o nevoeiro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbrouillardlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiannebbia flips!lafeminine

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