🇵🇹 Portuguese

faróis

masculine

os faróis

lighthouses

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faróis
/us faˈɾɔjs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say faróis in Portuguese?

IPA
/us faˈɾɔjs/

How do you pronounce faróis in Portuguese?

faróis is pronounced /us faˈɾɔjs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O farol antigo guiava os navios durante a noite escura.

The old lighthouse guided the ships during the dark night.

Um farol quebrado é perigoso para os marinheiros desavisados.

A broken lighthouse is dangerous for unwary sailors.

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Why is it masculine?

Faróis (lighthouse) is masculine because it derives from Latin "pharum," which was itself borrowed from Greek "pharos." In Latin, "pharum" was masculine (second declension), and Portuguese inherited this masculine gender through its development from Latin. The word's gender reflects the grammatical classification it received in Latin rather than any inherent property of the word itself.

What is the Portuguese word for lighthouses?

The Portuguese word for lighthouses is os faróis — masculine.

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