Noun: irmão
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | irmão |
| Singular f | irmãa |
| Plural m | irmãos |
| Plural f | irmãas |
Sample Sentences
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a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 382 ([[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/683small.gif] facsimile]):
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[…] el rey chamou / don manuel ſeu irmão
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[…] the King called his brother Don Manuel
Nouns inflected like irmão
barbaro,
passaro,
namorado,
baesteiro,
ligeyro,
castelão,
amigo,
fillo,
filho,
louco,
menỹo,
bogio,
irmão,
judio,
preso,
tio,
santo,
yrmão,
zevro,
aldeião, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin germānus (“brother”), from the adjective germānus (“of true siblings”), itself from germen (“sprout, bud”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring, seed”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, to give birth”). Cognate with Old Leonese and Old Spanish ermano. See: Latin Nouns '
germānus', Latin Nouns '
germānus'.
Verbs referencing "irmão"
Portuguese Nouns
irmão, Galician Nouns
irmán.
Translations