masculino

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin masculīnus.

Adjective

masculino (feminine masculina, masculine plural masculinos, feminine plural masculinas)

1. masculine, male
2. (grammar) masculine (gender)

Antonyms

• feminino

Derived terms

• masculinidade

Further reading

• “masculino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Latin

Adjective

masculīnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of masculīnus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin masculīnus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mas.kuˈlĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mas.kuˈlĩ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʃ.kuˈlĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mas.kuˈli.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃ.kuˈli.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
• Hyphenation: mas‧cu‧li‧no

Adjective

masculino (feminine masculina, masculine plural masculinos, feminine plural masculinas)

1. masculine, male
2. men's

   basquete masculino ― men's basketball

3. (grammar) masculine

Derived terms

• masculinidade

Related terms

• másculo
• macho

Noun

masculino m (plural masculinos, feminine feminino, feminine plural femininos)

1. (grammar) masculine
2. (Brazil, colloquial) Clipping of time masculino (“men's team”).
3. (Brazil, colloquial) Clipping of campeonato masculino (“men's championship”).
4. (South Brazil, law enforcement) male individual

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:masculino.

Further reading

• “masculino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maskuˈlino/ [mas.kuˈli.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: mas‧cu‧li‧no

Adjective

masculino (feminine masculina, masculine plural masculinos, feminine plural masculinas)

1. masculine, male

Derived terms

• masculinidad
• mirada masculina

 

Related terms

• macho

 

Further reading

• “masculino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10