país
Meaning
- (masculine) country; nation (a sovereign polity)
- (masculine) country; land (a region inhabited by a particular people or characterised by a certain feature)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pa‧ís
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/paˈis/
Etymology
Borrowed from French pays, from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (“country”). Doublet of pago.
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Sentences
Para começar , somos um 1 país historicamente bilíngüe e multiétnico.
1
To begin with, we are a historically bilingual and multi-ethnic country.