🇵🇹 Portuguese

apitos

masculine

os apitos

whistles

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apitos
/us aˈpitus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say apitos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us aˈpitus/

How do you pronounce apitos in Portuguese?

apitos is pronounced /us aˈpitus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O apito velho do árbitro soou alto durante o jogo.

The old whistle of the referee sounded loud during the game.

Encontrei um apito dourado no vestiário; era muito bonito e valioso.

I found a golden whistle in the locker room; it was very beautiful and valuable.

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Why is it masculine?

Apitos (whistle) is masculine. While it may derive from Latin "pīpāre" (to chirp/pipe), the gender assignment in Portuguese is more directly attributable to the -o ending, which is a productive masculine marker in Portuguese. Nouns ending in -o are typically masculine in Portuguese, and this regular pattern better explains the gender of "apito" than an appeal to verb-stem derivation or unmarked defaults.

What is the Portuguese word for whistles?

The Portuguese word for whistles is os apitos — masculine.

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