🇵🇹 Portuguese

total

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 total

total

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total
/u toˈtaw/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say total in Portuguese?

IPA
/u toˈtaw/

How do you pronounce total in Portuguese?

total is pronounced /u toˈtaw/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O total foi surpreendente porque era muito maior do que esperávamos.

The total was surprising because it was much larger than we expected.

O total apresentado estava completamente errado e precisava ser recalculado.

The total presented was completely wrong and needed to be recalculated.

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Why is it masculine?

Total is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin *totalis*, which inherited the masculine gender from its root *totus* (all, whole), and Portuguese maintained this gender assignment through its Romance language evolution. The -al suffix in Portuguese typically produces masculine nouns, reinforcing this grammatical gender.

What is the Portuguese word for total?

The Portuguese word for total is o total — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishtotalelmasculine

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