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How do you say lápis in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce lápis in Portuguese?
lápis is pronounced /us ˈlapis/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O lápis vermelho que comprei ontem quebrou na minha mochila.
The red pencil that I bought yesterday broke in my backpack.
Este lápis azul é muito afiado e escreve melhor do que aquele lápis cinzento.
This blue pencil is very sharp and writes better than that gray pencil.
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Why is it masculine?
Lápis is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "lapis" (stone), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender along with the word. The term was later applied to pencils because early pencil "lead" was thought to be a type of stone or mineral.
What is the Portuguese word for pencils?
The Portuguese word for pencils is os lápis — masculine.
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