🇵🇹 Portuguese

pensamento

masculine

o pensamento

thought

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pensamento
/u pẽsaˈmẽtu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pensamento in Portuguese?

IPA
/u pẽsaˈmẽtu/

How do you pronounce pensamento in Portuguese?

pensamento is pronounced /u pẽsaˈmẽtu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O pensamento profundo do filósofo revolucionou a história.

The philosopher's deep thought revolutionized history.

Esse pensamento original é muito raro e valioso.

That original thought is very rare and valuable.

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Why is it masculine?

Pensamento is masculine because it derives from Latin "pensamentum," which inherited the masculine gender from the Latin verb "pensare" (to think), following the standard Portuguese pattern where nouns ending in "-mento" are masculine. This suffix, inherited from Latin "-mentum," consistently produces masculine nouns in Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for thought?

The Portuguese word for thought is o pensamento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpensée flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianpensieroilmasculine

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