🇵🇹 Portuguese

pepinos

masculine

os pepinos

cucumbers

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pepinos
/us peˈpinus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pepinos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us peˈpinus/

How do you pronounce pepinos in Portuguese?

pepinos is pronounced /us peˈpinus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O pepino fresco que comprei ontem estava delicioso na salada.

The fresh cucumber that I bought yesterday was delicious in the salad.

Este pepino verde é muito maior do que aquele pepino amarelado.

This green cucumber is much larger than that yellowish cucumber.

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Why is it masculine?

Pepinos is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "pepōnem" (accusative of "pepō"), which was a masculine noun referring to a type of melon, and this masculine gender was preserved through the Romance language evolution.

What is the Portuguese word for cucumbers?

The Portuguese word for cucumbers is os pepinos — masculine.

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