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o canteiro
flower bed
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How do you say canteiro in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce canteiro in Portuguese?
canteiro is pronounced /u kɐ̃ˈtejɾu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O canteiro grande da minha avó está cheio de flores coloridas.
My grandmother's large flowerbed is full of colorful flowers.
O canteiro novo foi construído com tijolos vermelhos e solo fértil.
The new flowerbed was built with red bricks and fertile soil.
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Why is it masculine?
Canteiro is masculine because it derives from the Latin "cantarius" (related to singing or chanting, or a stone worker), which carried masculine gender into Portuguese. The word evolved to mean a quarry worker, stone mason, or garden bed. The masculine gender was preserved through normal phonetic evolution from Latin to Portuguese.
What is the Portuguese word for flower bed?
The Portuguese word for flower bed is o canteiro — masculine.
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