🇵🇹 Portuguese

peixes

masculine

os peixes

fishes

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peixes
/us ˈpejʃis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say peixes in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈpejʃis/

How do you pronounce peixes in Portuguese?

peixes is pronounced /us ˈpejʃis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O peixe azul que comprei ontem estava muito fresco e delicioso.

The blue fish that I bought yesterday was very fresh and delicious.

Este peixe grande foi capturado pelo pescador experiente no oceano.

This big fish was caught by the experienced fisherman in the ocean.

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Why is it masculine?

Peixes is masculine because it derives from Latin "piscis" (fish), which was a masculine noun, and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender from its Latin ancestor. Like most Romance languages, Portuguese preserves the gender of Latin nouns, making "peixe" inherently masculine regardless of the fish's biological sex.

What is the Portuguese word for fishes?

The Portuguese word for fishes is os peixes — masculine.

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