país

See also: pais, páis, paîs, Páis, païs, and παῖς

Asturian

Noun

país m (plural países)

  1. country

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

país m (plural països)

  1. country

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

país

  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of pair
  2. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of pair

Further reading

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈis/

Noun

país m (plural países)

  1. country

Occitan

Alternative forms

Noun

país m

  1. country

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish país and Portuguese país.

Noun

país

  1. country

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Vulgar Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”)

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ˈiʃ/
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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ˈis/

Noun

país m (plural países)

  1. country; nation (a sovereign polity)
    O Uruguai era uma colónia, depois uma província, e hoje um país.
    Uruguay was a colony, then a province, and today a country.
  2. country; land (a region inhabited by a particular people or characterised by a certain feature)
    Estamos em país montanhoso. ― We are in a mountainous land.
    País Basco ― Basque Country
    Alice no País das Maravilhas. ― Alice in Wonderland.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:país.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Vulgar Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈis/

Noun

país m (plural países)

  1. country

Further reading

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