European Countries and Nationalities
Things you need to know about countries and nationalities in Portuguese:
1. Most countries have a gender assigned to them and are preceded by a definite article.
- Feminine:
- A França (France)
- A Itália (Italy)
- Masculine:
- O México (Mexico)
- Os Estados Unidos da América (the United States of America)
But there are a few countries that don’t have gender and don’t need any articles:
- Portugal (Portugal)
- Marrocos (Morocco)
- Cuba (Cuba)
2. Nationalities are adjectives and follow the agreement rules for adjectives. They can be singular or plural, masculine or feminine, but there are a few sneaky nationalities that have a single word to cover both genders.
3. For languages, the masculine form of the nationality is used.
- português (Portuguese)
- inglês (English)
- espanhol (Spanish)
4. When you write these nationalities or languages in Portuguese, keep it in lowercase.
Learn the names of European countries and practice your pronunciation.
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