🇵🇹 Portuguese

sinal

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masculine

o sinal

signal

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sinal
/u siˈnaw/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sinal in Portuguese?

IPA
/u siˈnaw/

How do you pronounce sinal in Portuguese?

sinal is pronounced /u siˈnaw/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O sinal vermelho está quebrado e precisa ser consertado urgentemente.

The red signal is broken and needs to be fixed urgently.

Aquele sinal luminoso antigo foi substituído por um novo modelo mais moderno.

That old luminous signal was replaced by a new, more modern model.

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Why is it masculine?

Sinal is masculine because it derives from Latin "signāle" (neuter), but when adopted into Portuguese, neuter Latin nouns typically became masculine in the Romance languages, following the general phonetic loss of the neuter gender system. The word's masculine form "o sinal" reflects this inherited gender assignment from the historical evolution of Latin into Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for signal?

The Portuguese word for signal is o sinal — masculine.

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