🇵🇹 Portuguese

plástico

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masculine

o plástico

plastic

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plástico
/u ˈplastʃiku/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say plástico in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈplastʃiku/

How do you pronounce plástico in Portuguese?

plástico is pronounced /u ˈplastʃiku/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O plástico transparente é muito útil para embalagens de alimentos.

The transparent plastic is very useful for food packaging.

Este plástico duro e resistente foi escolhido especialmente para este projeto.

This hard and resistant plastic was chosen especially for this project.

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Why is it masculine?

Plástico is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "plasticus," which came from Greek "plastikos" (from "plassein," meaning "to mold"), and Latin adjectives ending in "-icus" typically became masculine nouns ending in "-ico" in Portuguese, following the standard gender patterns for Romance language noun formation.

What is the Portuguese word for plastic?

The Portuguese word for plastic is o plástico — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchplastiquelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishplásticoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianplastica flips!lafeminine

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