🇵🇹 Portuguese

argola

feminine

a argola

ring

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argola
/a aʁˈɡɔlɐ/
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How do you say argola in Portuguese?

IPA
/a aʁˈɡɔlɐ/

How do you pronounce argola in Portuguese?

argola is pronounced /a aʁˈɡɔlɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A argola dourada foi perdida no parque, e a menina procurou por ela durante horas.

The golden ring was lost in the park, and the girl searched for it for hours.

Aquela argola velha e enferrujada ainda está pendurada na porta da garagem.

That old and rusty ring is still hanging on the garage door.

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Why is it feminine?

Argola is feminine because it derives from Latin "aurēola" (a diminutive of "aureus," meaning golden), which was itself feminine in Latin, and Portuguese preserved this gender through its Romance language evolution. The diminutive suffix "-ola" typically produces feminine nouns in Portuguese, reinforcing the feminine gender of this word for a ring or eyelet.

What is the Portuguese word for ring?

The Portuguese word for ring is a argola — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbaguelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishanillo flips!elmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiananello flips!l'masculine

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