🇵🇹 Portuguese

livros

masculine

os livros

books

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livros
/us ˈlivɾus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say livros in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈlivɾus/

How do you pronounce livros in Portuguese?

livros is pronounced /us ˈlivɾus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O livro antigo foi encontrado na biblioteca.

The old book was found in the library.

Este livro interessante é muito caro.

This interesting book is very expensive.

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Why is it masculine?

Livros derives from Latin "liber," which was masculine, and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (Latin -er became Portuguese -o). Like many masculine nouns ending in -o in Portuguese, it simply inherited its gender from the Latin masculine declension.

What is the Portuguese word for books?

The Portuguese word for books is os livros — masculine.

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