🇵🇹 Portuguese

seminários

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masculine

os seminários

seminars

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seminários
/us semiˈnaɾjus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say seminários in Portuguese?

IPA
/us semiˈnaɾjus/

How do you pronounce seminários in Portuguese?

seminários is pronounced /us semiˈnaɾjus/ 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?

Seminários 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 seminars?

The Portuguese word for seminars is os seminários — masculine.

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