🇵🇹 Portuguese

pedágio

masculine

o pedágio

toll

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pedágio
/u peˈdaʒju/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pedágio in Portuguese?

IPA
/u peˈdaʒju/

How do you pronounce pedágio in Portuguese?

pedágio is pronounced /u peˈdaʒju/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O pedágio novo foi instalado na estrada, e o gerente responsável cobrou uma tarifa mais alta.

The new toll was installed on the road, and the responsible manager charged a higher fee.

Aquele pedágio antigo precisa ser reformado porque o seu sistema de cobrança está obsoleto.

That old toll needs to be reformed because its collection system is obsolete.

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Why is it masculine?

Pedágio is masculine because it derives from Latin "pedagium," which was itself a masculine noun referring to a toll or tax on passage; the word comes from "pes" (foot) and "-agium" (a suffix indicating a fee or charge), and this masculine gender was preserved as the word evolved into Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for toll?

The Portuguese word for toll is o pedágio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpéagelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpeajeelmasculine

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