🇵🇹 Portuguese

trabalho

masculine

o trabalho

work

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trabalho
/u tɾaˈbaʎu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say trabalho in Portuguese?

IPA
/u tɾaˈbaʎu/

How do you pronounce trabalho in Portuguese?

trabalho is pronounced /u tɾaˈbaʎu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O trabalho árduo foi reconhecido pelo chefe.

The arduous work was recognized by the boss.

Meu trabalho anterior era muito diferente deste novo trabalho.

My previous work was very different from this new work.

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Why is it masculine?

Trabalho derives from Latin "tripalium," a three-pronged instrument used for threshing grain, which was a masculine noun (tripalium, -i) in Latin, and Portuguese inherited its masculine gender from this etymological source.

What is the Portuguese word for work?

The Portuguese word for work is o trabalho — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtravaillemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishtrabajoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianlavoroilmasculine

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