🇵🇹 Portuguese

seminário

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

o seminário

seminar

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seminário
/u semiˈnaɾju/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say seminário in Portuguese?

IPA
/u semiˈnaɾju/

How do you pronounce seminário in Portuguese?

seminário is pronounced /u semiˈnaɾju/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O seminário importante foi adiado para o próximo mês.

The important seminar was postponed to next month.

Esse seminário acadêmico ofereceu certificados aos participantes interessados.

This academic seminar offered certificates to interested participants.

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Why is it masculine?

Seminário is masculine because it derives from the Latin "seminarium" (a seed plot or nursery), which is a neuter noun in Latin that became masculine when adopted into Portuguese following the pattern where Latin neuter nouns typically became masculine in Romance languages. The word's masculine gender was reinforced by its semantic association with "-ário" (a masculine suffix in Portuguese) and institutional contexts where masculine forms dominated.

What is the Portuguese word for seminar?

The Portuguese word for seminar is o seminário — masculine.

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