🇵🇹 Portuguese

queijos

masculine

os queijos

cheeses

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queijos
/us ˈkejʒus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say queijos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈkejʒus/

How do you pronounce queijos in Portuguese?

queijos is pronounced /us ˈkejʒus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O queijo amarelo é delicioso, mas o queijo branco é mais fresco.

The yellow cheese is delicious, but the white cheese is fresher.

Aquele queijo italiano que comprei ontem estava muito salgado.

That Italian cheese that I bought yesterday was very salty.

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Why is it masculine?

Queijos is masculine because it derives from Latin "caseus" (cheese), which was a masculine noun, and Portuguese preserved this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (caseus > queijo). The word's masculine gender is simply inherited from its Latin ancestor rather than following any particular Portuguese gender rule.

What is the Portuguese word for cheeses?

The Portuguese word for cheeses is os queijos — masculine.

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