🇵🇹 Portuguese

pontos

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

os pontos

points

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pontos
/us ˈpõtus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pontos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈpõtus/

How do you pronounce pontos in Portuguese?

pontos is pronounced /us ˈpõtus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O ponto final foi colocado corretamente no texto.

The final period was placed correctly in the text.

Este ponto importante deve ser discutido em nossa próxima reunião.

This important point must be discussed in our next meeting.

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Why is it masculine?

Pontos is masculine because it derives from Latin "punctum" (neuter), but Portuguese inherited the masculine gender from the oblique stem "puncti-" that was used in many case forms, a common pattern where neuter Latin nouns became masculine in Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for points?

The Portuguese word for points is os pontos — masculine.

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