🇵🇹 Portuguese

caule

masculine

o caule

stem

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caule
/u ˈkawli/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say caule in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈkawli/

How do you pronounce caule in Portuguese?

caule is pronounced /u ˈkawli/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O caule verde da planta é muito resistente e cresce rapidamente.

The green stem of the plant is very resistant and grows quickly.

O caule longo e fino do girassol precisava de um suporte forte para não se quebrar.

The long and thin stem of the sunflower needed strong support so it wouldn't break.

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Why is it masculine?

Caule is masculine in Portuguese because it descends from Latin "caulis" (stem/stalk), which was masculine in the second declension; Portuguese inherited this gender classification from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Portuguese word for stem?

The Portuguese word for stem is o caule — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishtalloelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianstelolomasculine

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