🇵🇹 Portuguese

ferros

masculine

os ferros

irons

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ferros
/us ˈfɛʁus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ferros in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈfɛʁus/

How do you pronounce ferros in Portuguese?

ferros is pronounced /us ˈfɛʁus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O ferro oxidado estava enferrujado e precisava ser limpo imediatamente.

The oxidized iron was rusty and needed to be cleaned immediately.

O ferro novo que comprei é muito resistente e durável para a construção.

The new iron that I bought is very resistant and durable for construction.

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Why is it masculine?

Ferros (iron) is masculine in Portuguese because it descends from Latin "ferrum," which was a second-declension masculine noun, and Portuguese maintained the masculine gender of most Latin masculine nouns ending in -um that became -o in Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for irons?

The Portuguese word for irons is os ferros — masculine.

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