país

Meaning

1. (masculine) country
2. (masculine) countryside

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paˈis/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: pays

In summary

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

Sentences

Esa é a única esperanza que ten por diante este país .

That is the only hope this country has ahead of it.

Ademais é unha cuestión de país , necesita tempo .

It's a country thing, it takes time.

Francia non era o único país interesado en Marrocos .

France was not the only country interested in Morocco.

Ademais son famosos os queixos do país en toda Italia .

In addition, the country's cheeses are famous all over Italy.

Como país non nos podemos permitir perder esta factoría, concluíu .

As a country we cannot afford to lose this factory, he concluded.

Esta foi unha acción que reafirmou a loita pola paz nese país .

This was an action that reaffirmed the struggle for peace in that country.