masculino

Learned borrowing from Latin masculīnus.

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

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

• feminino

• masculinidade

• “masculino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

masculīnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of masculīnus

Learned borrowing from Latin masculīnus.

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

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

1. masculine, male
2. men's

   basquete masculino ― men's basketball

3. (grammar) masculine

• masculinidade

• másculo
• macho

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:masculino.

• “masculino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin masculīnus.

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

• Audio (Colombia):

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

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

1. masculine, male
   • 2021 August 3, Jill Martin, “EE.UU. supera a España y avanza a semifinales del baloncesto masculino”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     La selección masculina de baloncesto de EE.UU. avanzó a las semifinales de los Juegos Olímpicos con una victoria por 95-81 contra España.

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• “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], 10 December 2024