🇵🇹 Portuguese

couros

Couros is masculine in Portuguese. The article is os, so the full form is os couros ("leathers").

MASCULINE

couros is the plural of couro

os couros — leathers

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couros
/us ˈkoɾus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say couros in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈkoɾus/

How do you pronounce couros in Portuguese?

couros is pronounced /us ˈkoɾus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O couro marrom foi tratado com um produto especial para mantê-lo macio e durável.

The brown leather was treated with a special product to keep it soft and durable.

Comprei um novo couro genuíno para fazer uma jaqueta, pois o couro sintético anterior não era resistente.

I bought new genuine leather to make a jacket, because the previous synthetic leather was not durable.

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Why is it masculine?

Couros is masculine because it derives from Latin "corium" (hide, leather), which was a neuter noun in Latin but followed the pattern of many Latin neuter words ending in -ium that became masculine in Portuguese by adopting the -o ending typical of masculine nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for leathers?

The Portuguese word for leathers is os couros — masculine.

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