Brasil

Meaning

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: República Federativa do Brasil; capital: Brasília)

Hyphenated as

Bra‧sil

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɾaˈziw/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *pākslos
Latin palus
Old Galician-Portuguese pao
Portuguese pau
Vulgar Latin *brasa
Old Galician-Portuguese brasa
Portuguese brasa
Proto-Italic *-elis
Latin -īlislbor.
Portuguese -il
Portuguese brasil
Portuguese pau-brasil
Portuguese Brasil
Clipping of pau-brasil (“brazilwood”), a tree that was extracted in great quantities in the early days of Portuguese colonisation, from pau (“wood”) + brasil (“ember-coloured”), from brasa (“embers”) + -il.

Sentences

Grandes cidades do Brasil .

Large cities in Brazil.

O estudo da literatura no Brasil .

The study of literature in Brazil.

Futebol é um esporte muito popular no Brasil .

Football is a very popular sport in Brazil.