🇵🇹 Portuguese

sapatos

masculine

os sapatos

shoes

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sapatos
/us saˈpatus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sapatos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us saˈpatus/

How do you pronounce sapatos in Portuguese?

sapatos is pronounced /us saˈpatus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O sapato novo que comprei é muito confortável.

The new shoe that I bought is very comfortable.

Aquele sapato preto está sujo e precisa ser limpo.

That black shoe is dirty and needs to be cleaned.

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Why is it masculine?

Sapatos is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "sapata," the masculine gender in Portuguese is likely due to reanalysis or analogical influence from other masculine nouns ending in -ato, a productive masculine suffix in Portuguese (e.g., "gato", "prato", "rato"). The original Latin feminine form was regendered to masculine through this morphological pattern.

What is the Portuguese word for shoes?

The Portuguese word for shoes is os sapatos — masculine.

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