🇵🇹 Portuguese

amendoins

masculine

os amendoins

peanuts

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amendoins
/us amẽˈdõj̃s/
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How do you say amendoins in Portuguese?

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/us amẽˈdõj̃s/

How do you pronounce amendoins in Portuguese?

amendoins is pronounced /us amẽˈdõj̃s/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O amendoim torrado é delicioso e muito popular no Brasil.

The roasted peanut is delicious and very popular in Brazil.

Este amendoim crocante foi importado diretamente da Argentina.

This crunchy peanut was imported directly from Argentina.

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Why is it masculine?

Amendoins is masculine. While it is indeed a loanword from Arabic origin (likely from "al-mundí" or similar), the word actually entered Portuguese relatively recently (16th-17th century with the introduction of peanuts to Europe), not during the medieval period. The masculine gender may be influenced by the Arabic article "al-" (masculine) in the source form, though the gender assignment in Portuguese was ultimately conventional. The word's masculinity is not predictable from morphological rules but rather established through historical borrowing conventions.

What is the Portuguese word for peanuts?

The Portuguese word for peanuts is os amendoins — masculine.

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