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os banheiros
bathrooms
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How do you say banheiros in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce banheiros in Portuguese?
banheiros is pronounced /us bɐˈɲejɾus/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O banheiro novo da escola é muito limpo e organizado.
The new bathroom of the school is very clean and organized.
Aquele banheiro público estava fechado porque o encanador consertava um cano quebrado.
That public bathroom was closed because the plumber was fixing a broken pipe.
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Why is it masculine?
Banheiros is masculine. It derives from the Latin "balneum" (bath), a neuter noun that shifted to masculine gender when adopted into Portuguese, following the general pattern where many Latin neuter nouns became masculine in Romance languages. However, in "banheiro," the suffix "-eiro" does not mean "one who deals with" but rather serves as a diminutive or locative suffix meaning "place related to." The word is masculine primarily due to the gender shift of the Latin root and the typical masculine gender of nouns with the "-eiro" suffix in Portuguese.
What is the Portuguese word for bathrooms?
The Portuguese word for bathrooms is os banheiros — masculine.
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