🇵🇹 Portuguese

cinzeiros

masculine

os cinzeiros

ashtrays

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cinzeiros
/us sĩˈzejɾus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cinzeiros in Portuguese?

IPA
/us sĩˈzejɾus/

How do you pronounce cinzeiros in Portuguese?

cinzeiros is pronounced /us sĩˈzejɾus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O cinzeiro antigo estava cheio de cinzas acumuladas.

The old ashtray was full of accumulated ashes.

Comprei um cinzeiro novo e decorativo para meu escritório.

I bought a new and decorative ashtray for my office.

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Why is it masculine?

Cinzeiros is masculine because it derives from the Latin "cinerārium" (neuter), but Portuguese inherited the masculine gender from the suffix "-eiro" (from Latin "-ārius"), which is consistently masculine in Romance languages and typically denotes an agent or object associated with a profession or thing. The gender shift from Latin neuter to Portuguese masculine reflects the general pattern where "-ārius" agent nouns became masculine in the evolution from Latin to Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for ashtrays?

The Portuguese word for ashtrays is os cinzeiros — masculine.

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