pau – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of pau

Noun: pau
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mpau
Plural mpaus

Sample Sentences

  • Isso custou uns 500 paus. (That cost about 500 bucks.)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pao, from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Compare Galician pau, Asturian palu, and Spanish palo. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'pao', Old Portuguese Nouns 'pao', Latin Nouns 'pālus', Galician Nouns 'pau', Asturian Nouns 'palu', Spanish Nouns 'palo'.

Verbs referencing "pau"

Galician Nouns pau.

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