🇵🇹 Portuguese

quadro

masculine

o quadro

painting

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quadro
/u ˈkwadɾu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say quadro in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈkwadɾu/

How do you pronounce quadro in Portuguese?

quadro is pronounced /u ˈkwadɾu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O quadro antigo pendurado na parede é muito valioso.

The old painting hung on the wall is very valuable.

Esse quadro moderno foi pintado por um artista famoso brasileiro.

This modern painting was painted by a famous Brazilian artist.

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Why is it masculine?

Quadro is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "quadrum" (a square or frame), which was a neuter noun that followed the pattern of Latin neuter words ending in -um, these typically became masculine in Romance languages like Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for painting?

The Portuguese word for painting is o quadro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpeinture flips!lafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishpintura flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiandipintoilmasculine

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