🇵🇹 Portuguese

sais

Sais is masculine in Portuguese. The article is os, so the full form is os sais ("salts").

MASCULINE

sais is the plural of sal

os sais — salts

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sais
/us ˈsajs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sais in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈsajs/

How do you pronounce sais in Portuguese?

sais is pronounced /us ˈsajs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O sal marinho é mais saudável do que o sal refinado.

Sea salt is healthier than refined salt.

Aquele sal grosso está muito úmido e precisa ser substituído.

That coarse salt is very damp and needs to be replaced.

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Why is it masculine?

Sais (salt) is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "sal" (nominative), which was a masculine noun of the third declension. Portuguese retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor through Romance language evolution.

What is the Portuguese word for salts?

The Portuguese word for salts is os sais — masculine.

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