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o tempo
time
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How do you say tempo in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce tempo in Portuguese?
tempo is pronounced /u ˈtẽpu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O tempo está muito quente e seco este ano.
The weather is very hot and dry this year.
O tempo passado nos trouxe muitas lições importantes.
The past time brought us many important lessons.
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Why is it masculine?
Tempo is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "tempus" (accusative "temporem"), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes and inflection patterns. The Latin root itself likely comes from Proto-Indo-European origins related to "cutting" or "dividing," reflecting time's division into periods.
What is the Portuguese word for time?
The Portuguese word for time is o tempo — masculine.
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