🇵🇹 Portuguese

arrozes

masculine

os arrozes

rice

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arrozes
/us aˈʁozis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say arrozes in Portuguese?

IPA
/us aˈʁozis/

How do you pronounce arrozes in Portuguese?

arrozes is pronounced /us aˈʁozis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O arroz branco é mais popular do que o arroz integral.

White rice is more popular than brown rice.

O arroz cozido que preparei ontem estava delicioso e macio.

The cooked rice that I prepared yesterday was delicious and soft.

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Why is it masculine?

Arrozes is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "oryza," which was itself borrowed from Greek "ὄρυζα" (oryza), and this Greek-derived Latin noun was grammatically masculine. The gender was preserved through Portuguese's regular evolution of Latin masculine nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for rice?

The Portuguese word for rice is os arrozes — masculine.

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