🇵🇹 Portuguese

bueiro

masculine

o bueiro

manhole

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bueiro
/u buˈejɾu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bueiro in Portuguese?

IPA
/u buˈejɾu/

How do you pronounce bueiro in Portuguese?

bueiro is pronounced /u buˈejɾu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O bueiro antigo estava entupido e precisava ser limpo imediatamente.

The old sewer was clogged and needed to be cleaned immediately.

Um bueiro novo foi instalado na rua para melhorar o sistema de drenagem.

A new sewer was installed on the street to improve the drainage system.

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Why is it masculine?

Bueiro is masculine because it derives from Latin "puteus" (well/pit), which was a masculine noun, and Portuguese maintained the gender of its Latin ancestor through the regular sound changes that transformed Latin masculine nouns ending in "-us" into Portuguese masculine nouns ending in "-o". The word originally referred to a drainage well or pit before coming to mean sewer grate in modern Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for manhole?

The Portuguese word for manhole is o bueiro — masculine.

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