Portuguese:Gender

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Português
Portuguese
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Indo-European Italic pt.png Portugal, BR.png Brazil
and a number of other countries.
Extended Latin

Portuguese, like many Romance languages, has two genders: masculine and feminine. Both genders help to determine grammatical items such as adjective and article agreement.

Masculine Feminine Masculine (plural) Feminine (plural)
Definite article o a os as
Indefinite article um uma uns umas
Adjective (-o) pequeno pequena pequenos pequenas

Below are examples listed for each permutation of gender.

Noun (English) Noun (Portuguese) Definite Indefinite pequeno
Masculine man homem o homem um homem homem pequeno
Feminine turtle tartaruga a tartaruga uma tartaruga tartaruga pequena
Masculine (plural) dogs cachorros os cachorros uns cachorros cachorros pequenos
Feminine (plural) cows vacas as vacas umas vacas vacas pequenas
pt.png Portuguese pages
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