Accordfeijão
masculine
o feijão
bean
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feijão
/u fejˈʒɐ̃w̃/
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How do you say feijão in Portuguese?
IPA
/u fejˈʒɐ̃w̃/
How do you pronounce feijão in Portuguese?
feijão is pronounced /u fejˈʒɐ̃w̃/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O feijão preto é muito popular na culinária brasileira.
Black beans are very popular in Brazilian cuisine.
Este feijão cozido ficou macio e saboroso.
These cooked beans turned out soft and tasty.
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Why is it masculine?
Feijão is masculine because it descends from Latin "faseolus" (also masculine), which referred to a type of bean plant; the word retained the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor through regular phonetic evolution into Portuguese.
What is the Portuguese word for bean?
The Portuguese word for bean is o feijão — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | haricot | l' | masculine |
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