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Canteiros is masculine in Portuguese. The article is os, so the full form is os canteiros ("flower beds").
MASCULINEcanteiros is the plural of canteiro
os canteiros — flower beds
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How do you say canteiros in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce canteiros in Portuguese?
canteiros is pronounced /us kɐ̃ˈtejɾus/ 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?
Canteiros 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 beds?
The Portuguese word for flower beds is os canteiros — masculine.
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