🇵🇹 Portuguese

pássaros

masculine

os pássaros

birds

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pássaros
/us ˈpasaɾus/
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How do you say pássaros in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈpasaɾus/

How do you pronounce pássaros in Portuguese?

pássaros is pronounced /us ˈpasaɾus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O pássaro azul que vi ontem era muito raro e procurado por biólogos de todo o mundo.

The blue bird that I saw yesterday was very rare and sought after by biologists from all over the world.

Aquele pássaro pequeno e colorido construiu seu ninho no galho mais alto da árvore.

That small and colorful bird built its nest on the highest branch of the tree.

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Why is it masculine?

Pássaros is masculine because it derives from Latin "passer" (a small bird, especially a sparrow), which was a masculine noun in Latin. Portuguese retained this grammatical gender through regular phonetic evolution. The Latin form "passer" underwent metathesis and vowel changes to become "pássaro" in Portuguese, preserving the masculine gender of the original Latin noun.

What is the Portuguese word for birds?

The Portuguese word for birds is os pássaros — masculine.

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