🇵🇹 Portuguese

punhos

masculine

os punhos

cuffs

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punhos
/us ˈpuɲus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say punhos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈpuɲus/

How do you pronounce punhos in Portuguese?

punhos is pronounced /us ˈpuɲus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O punho apertado do boxeador mostrou sua determinação na luta.

The fighter's clenched fist showed his determination in the fight.

Meu punho direito está inchado e dolorido após o acidente.

My right fist is swollen and sore after the accident.

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Why is it masculine?

Punhos (fist/cuff) is masculine because it derives from Latin "pugnus," which was grammatically masculine, and Portuguese retained this gender assignment through regular sound changes ("pugnus" > "punho"). Like most Portuguese nouns ending in -o, its gender was inherited directly from its Latin ancestor rather than determined by any modern morphological rule.

What is the Portuguese word for cuffs?

The Portuguese word for cuffs is os punhos — masculine.

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