🇵🇹 Portuguese

ramo

masculine

o ramo

branch

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ramo
/u ˈʁɐ̃mu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ramo in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈʁɐ̃mu/

How do you pronounce ramo in Portuguese?

ramo is pronounced /u ˈʁɐ̃mu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O ramo florido estava tão bonito que decorou toda a sala.

The flowery branch was so beautiful that it decorated the entire room.

Aquele ramo comercial é muito lucrativo para a empresa.

That commercial branch is very profitable for the company.

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Why is it masculine?

Ramo is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "ramus" (branch), which was a masculine second-declension noun, and Portuguese retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor along with the vowel ending characteristic of masculine nouns in Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for branch?

The Portuguese word for branch is o ramo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbranche flips!lafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishrama flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianramoilmasculine

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