🇵🇹 Portuguese

papel

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o papel

paper

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papel
/u paˈpɛw/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say papel in Portuguese?

IPA
/u paˈpɛw/

How do you pronounce papel in Portuguese?

papel is pronounced /u paˈpɛw/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O papel branco foi usado para imprimir o documento importante.

The white paper was used to print the important document.

Este papel antigo é valioso porque contém um mapa do século XVI.

This old paper is valuable because it contains a sixteenth-century map.

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Why is it masculine?

Papel is masculine in Portuguese. It derives from Latin "papyrus" (neuter), and its masculine gender in Portuguese is primarily due to the masculine ending "-el", which is a common masculine suffix in Portuguese. Many nouns ending in "-el" are masculine in Portuguese, and this pattern helped establish "papel" as masculine.

What is the Portuguese word for paper?

The Portuguese word for paper is o papel — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpapierlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpapelelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiancarta flips!lafeminine

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