🇵🇹 Portuguese

aviões

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

os aviões

airplanes

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aviões
/us aviˈõj̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say aviões in Portuguese?

IPA
/us aviˈõj̃s/

How do you pronounce aviões in Portuguese?

aviões is pronounced /us aviˈõj̃s/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O avião brasileiro chegou atrasado porque tinha um problema mecânico grave.

The Brazilian airplane arrived late because it had a serious mechanical problem.

Aquele avião antigo foi restaurado completamente e agora está impecável.

That old airplane was completely restored and now it is impeccable.

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Why is it masculine?

Aviões is masculine because it derives from the Latin "avion-" (related to "avis," meaning bird), and Latin masculine nouns ending in "-ion" retained their gender when Portuguese evolved from Vulgar Latin. The suffix "-ão" in Portuguese typically marks masculine nouns, reinforcing this gender assignment.

What is the Portuguese word for airplanes?

The Portuguese word for airplanes is os aviões — masculine.

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