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"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.
November 16, 2014
I honestly haven't noticed a pattern with masculine and feminine nouns. I just try to remember the genders of words.
March 27, 2015
cezarcanario
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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)
July 7, 2015
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.
July 11, 2018
