🇵🇹 Portuguese

alhos

masculine

os alhos

garlics

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alhos
/us ˈaʎus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say alhos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈaʎus/

How do you pronounce alhos in Portuguese?

alhos is pronounced /us ˈaʎus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O alho fresco que comprei no mercado está delicioso nesta sopa.

The fresh garlic that I bought at the market is delicious in this soup.

Este alho roxo é mais forte do que o alho branco comum.

This purple garlic is stronger than the common white garlic.

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Why is it masculine?

Alhos (garlic) is masculine because it derives from Latin "allium," which was a second-declension neuter noun, but Portuguese inherited the masculine gender from the oblique cases where the neuter -um ending was reanalyzed as masculine -o during the Romance language evolution. This gender assignment is ultimately an exception rather than following a predictable phonetic rule, as many Latin neuter nouns were variously reassigned to masculine or feminine in Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for garlics?

The Portuguese word for garlics is os alhos — masculine.

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