Accordelefante
o elefante
elephant
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How do you say elefante in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce elefante in Portuguese?
elefante is pronounced /u eleˈfɐ̃tʃi/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O elefante africano é muito grande e pesado.
The African elephant is very large and heavy.
Este elefante velho foi libertado do circo.
This old elephant was freed from the circus.
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Why is it masculine?
Elefante is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "elephantus," which inherited the masculine gender from Greek "ἐλέφας" (elephas), where the word naturally took masculine grammatical gender despite referring to an animal that could be either sex biologically. This gender assignment simply persisted through the Romance languages as an arbitrary grammatical convention rather than following any logical rule.
What is the Portuguese word for elephant?
The Portuguese word for elephant is o elefante — masculine.
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