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os ovos
eggs
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How do you say ovos in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce ovos in Portuguese?
ovos is pronounced /us ˈɔvus/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O ovo fresco que comprei esta manhã estava delicioso no café da manhã.
The fresh egg that I bought this morning was delicious at breakfast.
Este ovo quebrado no chão fez uma bagunça terrível na cozinha.
This broken egg on the floor made a terrible mess in the kitchen.
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Why is it masculine?
Ovos (egg) is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "ovum," which was a neuter noun, but Portuguese collapsed its neuter gender into the masculine category during the Romance language evolution. This phonetic and grammatical shift meant that neuter Latin words like "ovum" became masculine nouns in Portuguese, following the pattern of most inherited neuter terms in the language.
What is the Portuguese word for eggs?
The Portuguese word for eggs is os ovos — masculine.
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