Brazilian Portuguese Grammar

Gender according to word ending
Masculine Nouns
Ending	Example	Meaning
-mento	o crescimento	growth
	o desenvolvimento	development
	o movimento	movement
	o investimento	investment

-éu -eu	o céu	sky
	o réu	defendant
	o chapéu	hat
	o museu	museum

Most nouns ending in -l, -m, -n, -r, -s and -x are masculine	o anzol	fishhook
	o armazém	warehouse
	o próton	proton
	o jantar	dinner
	o pires	saucer
	o clímax	climax

Other Rules
	Example	Meaning
Fruit names ending in -a are feminine	a laranja	orange
	a banana	banana
	a maçã	apple
	a pêra	pear
	a framboesa	raspberry
Fruit names ending in a letter different than -a are masculine (also those ending in -á)	o morango	strawberry
	o abacaxi	pineapple
	o abacate	avocado
	o caju	cashew
	o maracujá	passion fruit

Most sport names are masculine	o hóquei	hockey
	o futebol	soccer
	o tênis	tennis
Sport names ending in -ão are feminine	a natação	swimming