🇵🇹 Portuguese

limões

masculine

os limões

lemons

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limões
/us liˈmõj̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say limões in Portuguese?

IPA
/us liˈmõj̃s/

How do you pronounce limões in Portuguese?

limões is pronounced /us liˈmõj̃s/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O limão fresco que comprei esta manhã tem um sabor delicioso.

The fresh lemon that I bought this morning has a delicious flavor.

Este limão amarelo é muito azedo para fazer suco puro.

This yellow lemon is too sour to make pure juice.

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Why is it masculine?

Limões is masculine because it derives from the Arabic "laymūn" (ليمون), which was borrowed into medieval Portuguese and retained the masculine gender that Romance languages typically assigned to Arabic loanwords ending in -ão. This suffix became a productive masculine ending in Portuguese, reinforcing the masculine classification.

What is the Portuguese word for lemons?

The Portuguese word for lemons is os limões — masculine.

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