🇵🇹 Portuguese

meninos

masculine

os meninos

boys

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meninos
/us meˈninus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say meninos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us meˈninus/

How do you pronounce meninos in Portuguese?

meninos is pronounced /us meˈninus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O menino inteligente ganhou o prêmio na competição de matemática.

The intelligent boy won the prize in the math competition.

Aquele menino louro é muito educado e sempre ajuda seus colegas.

That blond boy is very polite and always helps his classmates.

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Why is it masculine?

Meninos is a noun meaning "boy" that derives from Latin "minīnus" (smallest). It retained the masculine grammatical gender from its Latin form; the -o ending is the standard masculine gender marker in Portuguese that developed from Latin masculine -us endings in Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for boys?

The Portuguese word for boys is os meninos — masculine.

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