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os pedaços
pieces
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How do you say pedaços in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce pedaços in Portuguese?
pedaços is pronounced /us peˈdasus/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O pedaço grande de bolo estava delicioso.
The big piece of cake was delicious.
Um pedaço pequeno do bolo caiu no chão.
A small piece of the cake fell on the floor.
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Why is it masculine?
Pedaços is masculine because it derives from the Latin "pettia" (a piece or patch of land), which was reanalyzed in Portuguese with the masculine diminutive suffix "-ço." This suffix, while sometimes associated with diminutives, became a productive masculine formative in Portuguese and other Romance languages. The word solidified as a standard masculine noun in Portuguese by the medieval period.
What is the Portuguese word for pieces?
The Portuguese word for pieces is os pedaços — masculine.
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