Accordsabão
o sabão
soap
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How do you say sabão in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce sabão in Portuguese?
sabão is pronounced /u saˈbɐ̃w̃/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O sabão novo que comprei é muito bom para lavar roupas delicadas.
The new soap that I bought is very good for washing delicate clothes.
Esse sabão líquido é melhor do que o sabão em pó antigo que tínhamos.
This liquid soap is better than the old powdered soap that we had.
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Why is it masculine?
Sabão is masculine because it derives from Latin "sapo," which was a masculine noun, and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (Latin -o ending typically becomes masculine -ão in Portuguese nouns). The word ultimately traces back to Germanic languages, likely through contact during the Roman period, but took on Latin masculine gender conventions once adopted into the language.
What is the Portuguese word for soap?
The Portuguese word for soap is o sabão — masculine.
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