🇵🇹 Portuguese

objeto

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 objeto

object

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objeto
/u obˈʒetu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say objeto in Portuguese?

IPA
/u obˈʒetu/

How do you pronounce objeto in Portuguese?

objeto is pronounced /u obˈʒetu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O objeto antigo foi descoberto pelos arqueólogos no museu.

The old object was discovered by archaeologists in the museum.

Este objeto importante será restaurado por um especialista muito competente.

This important object will be restored by a very competent specialist.

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Why is it masculine?

Objeto is masculine because it derives from Latin "objectum" (neuter), which became masculine in Portuguese through a sound change where Latin neuter nouns typically shifted to the masculine gender in Romance languages, since the neuter case endings merged phonetically with masculine forms during the language's evolution from Vulgar Latin.

What is the Portuguese word for object?

The Portuguese word for object is o objeto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchobjetl'masculine

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