🇵🇹 Portuguese

papagaios

masculine

os papagaios

parrots

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papagaios
/us papaˈɡajus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say papagaios in Portuguese?

IPA
/us papaˈɡajus/

How do you pronounce papagaios in Portuguese?

papagaios is pronounced /us papaˈɡajus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O papagaio vermelho é muito inteligente e pode viver mais de cinquenta anos.

The red parrot is very intelligent and can live more than fifty years.

Meu papagaio favorito foi treinado para falar português fluentemente.

My favorite parrot was trained to speak Portuguese fluently.

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Why is it masculine?

Papagaios is masculine because it derives from the Arabic "babagā" (via Old Portuguese), and Arabic nouns retained their grammatical gender when borrowed into Portuguese, with this particular word taking masculine form. The -o ending in Portuguese typically marks masculine nouns, which reinforced this gender assignment even as the etymological origin faded from speakers' awareness.

What is the Portuguese word for parrots?

The Portuguese word for parrots is os papagaios — masculine.

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