🇵🇹 Portuguese

nomes

masculine

os nomes

names

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nomes
/us ˈnomis/
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How do you say nomes in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈnomis/

How do you pronounce nomes in Portuguese?

nomes is pronounced /us ˈnomis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O nome completo do meu avó é muito importante para o registro oficial.

My grandfather's full name is very important for the official registration.

Aquele nome estranho e comprido é difícil de pronunciar corretamente.

That strange and long name is difficult to pronounce correctly.

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Why is it masculine?

Nomes is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "nōmen," which was grammatically masculine in the second declension, and Portuguese preserved this gender assignment when the language evolved from Vulgar Latin. The masculine gender remained stable through the Romance language development, unlike some other Latin nouns that shifted genders.

What is the Portuguese word for names?

The Portuguese word for names is os nomes — masculine.

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