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o chinelo
sandal
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How do you say chinelo in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce chinelo in Portuguese?
chinelo is pronounced /u ʃiˈnelu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O chinelo azul que comprei ontem está quebrado.
The blue flip-flop that I bought yesterday is broken.
Meu chinelo favorito desapareceu, e agora preciso encontrar um novo.
My favorite flip-flop disappeared, and now I need to find a new one.
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Why is it masculine?
Chinelo is masculine in Portuguese. While the etymology connecting it to Latin "cingulum" (belt) is plausible given the semantic shift from a bound garment to a type of footwear, the gender inheritance explanation is speculative. In Portuguese, "chinelo" is used with masculine articles and adjectives (o chinelo, chinelo confortável), but the specific mechanism by which it retained masculine gender from Latin through Romance language evolution cannot be definitively established without stronger etymological evidence. The masculine gender should be learned as a fixed property of this word.
What is the Portuguese word for sandal?
The Portuguese word for sandal is o chinelo — masculine.
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