🇵🇹 portoghese

caiaques

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masculine

os caiaques

kayaks

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caiaques
/us kaˈjakis/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice caiaques in portoghese?

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/us kaˈjakis/

How do you pronounce caiaques in portoghese?

caiaques is pronounced /us kaˈjakis/ in portoghese.

Frasi di esempio

O caiaque novo que comprei é muito estável na água.

The new kayak that I bought is very stable in the water.

Aquele caiaque amarelo pertence ao meu amigo mais velho.

That yellow kayak belongs to my older friend.

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Perché è masculine?

Caiaques is masculine in Portuguese because it is a borrowing from Tupi "kaia'ka" or similar forms (referring to a type of canoe or small boat). In Portuguese, this word was assimilated as a masculine noun. While the word ends in -e, the masculine gender is not explained by analogy to "cais" (which is a different etymological category), but rather reflects the gender assignment that occurred during borrowing. Many Tupi loanwords in Portuguese were assigned masculine gender, and "caiaque" follows this pattern for indigenous borrowings.

Come si dice kayaks in portoghese?

In portoghese, kayaks si dice os caiaques — masculine.

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