🇵🇹 Portuguese

granizos

masculine

os granizos

hailstones

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granizos
/us ɡɾɐˈnizus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say granizos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ɡɾɐˈnizus/

How do you pronounce granizos in Portuguese?

granizos is pronounced /us ɡɾɐˈnizus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O granizo pesado destruiu completamente a colheita do fazendeiro.

The heavy hail completely destroyed the farmer's harvest.

Durante a tempestade, o granizo grande caía rapidamente do céu escuro.

During the storm, the large hail was falling rapidly from the dark sky.

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Why is it masculine?

Granizos is masculine in Portuguese. It derives from Latin "grānicum" (hail), and the masculine gender is typical for Portuguese nouns ending in -izo, which are generally masculine. The word follows the standard phonetic evolution from Latin to Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for hailstones?

The Portuguese word for hailstones is os granizos — masculine.

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