fogo – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of fogo

Noun: fogo
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mfogo
Plural mfogos; metaphonic
uncountable

Sample Sentences

  • 1607, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver (Love is a fire that burns without being seen)
  • A criança aprendeu a não colocar a mão no fogo da maneira mais difícil. (The child learned not to put his hand in the fire the hard way.)
  • Um fogo destruiu várias lojas no centro. (A fire destroyed several shops downtown.)
  • Os soldados avançaram sob fogo pesado. (The soldiers advanced under heavy fire.)
  • O fogo da paixão. (The flame of passion.)
  • O fumante viu que não tinha fogo. (The smoker noticed that he didn’t have a lighter.)
  • Seu filho é fogo. (Your kid is a pain in the ass.)

Nouns inflected like fogo

fogo,

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fogo, from Latin focus. Cognate with Galician fogo, Spanish fuego, Catalan foc, Occitan fuòc, French feu, Italian fuoco and Romanian foc. Doublet of foco. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'fogo', Old Portuguese Nouns 'fogo', Latin Nouns 'focus', Galician Nouns 'fogo', Spanish Nouns 'fuego', Catalan Nouns 'foc', French Nouns 'feu', Italian Nouns 'fuoco', Romanian Nouns 'foc'.

Verbs referencing "fogo"

English Nouns fuel, Spanish Nouns fuego.

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