"Um garfo"

Translation: A fork

[Teoburnout]

Is "fork" in portoguese a male word? In italian it's female.

[IsaFaith]

"forchetta" ends in a, so it is feminine. "garfo" ends in o, so it is masculine. The femininity or masculinity does not really depend on the meaning of the word.

[Luca.Ajgarni]

Thanls, thats great help xx

[Paulenrique]

Yes, it is a masculine word.

[acj2y]

It's a dinglehopper!

[MahmoudKholidy]

What's the meaning of "dinglehopper"

[acj2y]

It's from the Little Mermaid.

[thebigD975]

But why is it masculine?

[acj2y]

I honestly haven't noticed a pattern with masculine and feminine nouns. I just try to remember the genders of words.

[cezarcanario]

Mostly ends in "o" = masculino; ends in "a" = feminine. Nouns and articles. the boy = o menino (masculine) a menina (feminine) the water = a água ; the bread = o pão; the dog = o cão,o cachorro (masculine) or a cachorra, a cadela (feminine)

[acj2y]

Okay, thank you!

[Tom434848]

The audio is quite unclear and even sounds muffled. (No, it is not a problem with my phone.)

Also, words should be in a resonable context. This would help greatly in understanding which words are unclearly pronounced.

[ThereseCor3]

Some Portuguese words like garfo are completely different than the same word in French or Spanish. Yet many others are the same which makes learning tricky.