🇵🇹 Portuguese

tornozelos

masculine

os tornozelos

ankles

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tornozelos
/us toʁnoˈzɛlus/
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How do you say tornozelos in Portuguese?

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/us toʁnoˈzɛlus/

How do you pronounce tornozelos in Portuguese?

tornozelos is pronounced /us toʁnoˈzɛlus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O tornozelo inchado do jogador o impediu de participar do jogo.

The swollen ankle of the player prevented him from participating in the game.

Meu tornozelo direito dói muito depois da queda.

My right ankle hurts a lot after the fall.

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Why is it masculine?

Tornozelos is masculine because it derives from Latin "tornus" (lathe/turning tool) combined with the diminutive suffix "-olus" (or "-olum"), which became "-elo" in Portuguese. Latin diminutives in "-olus/-olum" typically produced masculine nouns in Romance languages. The masculine gender was preserved through Portuguese phonetic evolution of the Latin diminutive form.

What is the Portuguese word for ankles?

The Portuguese word for ankles is os tornozelos — masculine.

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