Accordeixo
o eixo
axle
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How do you say eixo in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce eixo in Portuguese?
eixo is pronounced /u ˈejʃu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O eixo principal do carro estava danificado e precisava ser substituído urgentemente.
The main axis of the car was damaged and needed to be replaced urgently.
O eixo horizontal é perpendicular ao eixo vertical neste gráfico importante.
The horizontal axis is perpendicular to the vertical axis in this important graph.
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Why is it masculine?
Eixo is masculine because it derives from Latin "axis," which was a masculine noun of the third declension, a gender that Portuguese retained through its phonetic evolution of Latin words. The Latin masculine gender was preserved as Portuguese developed from Vulgar Latin, making this a straightforward case of inherited grammatical gender rather than an exception.
What is the Portuguese word for axle?
The Portuguese word for axle is o eixo — masculine.
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