plásticos
Plásticos is masculine in Portuguese. The article is os, so the full form is os plásticos ("plastics").
MASCULINEplásticos is the plural of plástico
os plásticos — plastics
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How do you say plásticos in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce plásticos in Portuguese?
plásticos is pronounced /us ˈplastʃikus/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O plástico transparente é muito útil para embalagens de alimentos.
The transparent plastic is very useful for food packaging.
Este plástico duro e resistente foi escolhido especialmente para este projeto.
This hard and resistant plastic was chosen especially for this project.
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Why is it masculine?
Plásticos is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "plasticus," which came from Greek "plastikos" (from "plassein," meaning "to mold"), and Latin adjectives ending in "-icus" typically became masculine nouns ending in "-ico" in Portuguese, following the standard gender patterns for Romance language noun formation.
What is the Portuguese word for plastics?
The Portuguese word for plastics is os plásticos — masculine.
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