🇵🇹 Portuguese

pássaro

masculine

o pássaro

bird

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pássaro
/u ˈpasaɾu/
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How do you say pássaro in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈpasaɾu/

How do you pronounce pássaro in Portuguese?

pássaro is pronounced /u ˈpasaɾu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O pássaro azul que vi ontem era muito raro e procurado por biólogos de todo o mundo.

The blue bird that I saw yesterday was very rare and sought after by biologists from all over the world.

Aquele pássaro pequeno e colorido construiu seu ninho no galho mais alto da árvore.

That small and colorful bird built its nest on the highest branch of the tree.

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Why is it masculine?

Pássaro is masculine because it derives from Latin "passer" (a small bird, especially a sparrow), which was a masculine noun in Latin. Portuguese retained this grammatical gender through regular phonetic evolution. The Latin form "passer" underwent metathesis and vowel changes to become "pássaro" in Portuguese, preserving the masculine gender of the original Latin noun.

What is the Portuguese word for bird?

The Portuguese word for bird is o pássaro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchoiseaul'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpájaroelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianuccellol'masculine

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