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Practice o músico

Practice the word with its article: o músico, musician. In European Portuguese, the article 'o' helps show that músico is masculine singular.

English
musician
Say together
o músico
Gender cue
'o' = masculine singular
Plural
os músicos

Portuguese nouns have grammatical gender. The article is included here so children learn the sound of the word and its gender pattern together, instead of treating the article as an extra grammar detail later.

There are useful patterns, but gender is not perfectly predictable from spelling and there are edge cases. The dictionary links below are there for adults who want to check the full entry, grammar details, or pronunciation notes.

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