🇵🇹 Portuguese

passo

masculine

o passo

step

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passo
/u ˈpasu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say passo in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈpasu/

How do you pronounce passo in Portuguese?

passo is pronounced /u ˈpasu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O passo longo do atleta impressionou todos os espectadores.

The long step of the athlete impressed all the spectators.

Cada passo importante deve ser planejado cuidadosamente para evitar erros.

Each important step must be carefully planned to avoid mistakes.

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Why is it masculine?

Passo is masculine in Portuguese because it descends from Latin "passus" (a step or pace), which was a masculine noun of the second declension, and this grammatical gender was preserved through the evolution of Vulgar Latin into Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for step?

The Portuguese word for step is o passo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpaslemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpasoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianpassoilmasculine

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