🇵🇹 Portuguese

musgos

masculine

os musgos

mosses

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musgos
/us ˈmusɡus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say musgos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈmusɡus/

How do you pronounce musgos in Portuguese?

musgos is pronounced /us ˈmusɡus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O musgo verde cobria completamente a pedra antiga.

The green moss completely covered the ancient stone.

Aquele musgo espesso era um habitat perfeito para os insetos pequenos.

That thick moss was a perfect habitat for small insects.

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Why is it masculine?

Musgos (moss) is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "muscus," which was masculine, and Portuguese retained the gender of its Latin source word. The Latin masculine ending -us typically became Portuguese masculine nouns ending in -o, preserving the original gender assignment.

What is the Portuguese word for mosses?

The Portuguese word for mosses is os musgos — masculine.

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