🇵🇹 Portuguese

azulejos

masculine

os azulejos

tiles

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azulejos
/us azuˈleʒus/
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How do you say azulejos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us azuˈleʒus/

How do you pronounce azulejos in Portuguese?

azulejos is pronounced /us azuˈleʒus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O azulejo azul caiu do banheiro e quebrou em pedaços pequenos.

The blue tile fell from the bathroom and broke into small pieces.

Aquele azulejo antigo é muito valioso porque foi importado de Portugal no século XVIII.

That old tile is very valuable because it was imported from Portugal in the eighteenth century.

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Why is it masculine?

Azulejos is masculine because it derives from Arabic "al-zulayj" (the polished stone), and when Portuguese adopted this word, it retained the masculine gender associated with similar Portuguese nouns ending in "-ejo" (like "espelho" and "conselho"), which are typically masculine. The Arabic article "al-" was incorporated into the word itself, giving it the form that became gendered masculine in Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for tiles?

The Portuguese word for tiles is os azulejos — masculine.

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