Accordazeites
os azeites
olive oils
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How do you say azeites in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce azeites in Portuguese?
azeites is pronounced /us aˈzejtʃis/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O azeite português é muito apreciado porque é puro e aromático.
Portuguese olive oil is greatly appreciated because it is pure and aromatic.
Aquele azeite antigo estava tão oxidado que se tornou rançoso e inútil.
That old olive oil was so oxidized that it became rancid and useless.
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Why is it masculine?
Azeites is masculine because it derives from Arabic "az-zait" (the olive), and when Portuguese adopted this word, it retained the masculine gender of its Arabic source, where "zait" is grammatically masculine. This gender assignment became fixed in Portuguese despite the word's foreign origin, much like other Arabic loanwords that entered the language during the medieval period.
What is the Portuguese word for olive oils?
The Portuguese word for olive oils is os azeites — masculine.
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