país

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

Asturian[edit]

Noun[edit]

país m (plural países)

  1. country

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (“country”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pagès. See related terms.

Noun[edit]

país m (plural països)

  1. country, land (a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits)
    País Basc ― Basque Country
  2. country (the territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state)
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

país

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pair

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

país m (plural países)

  1. country
    Synonym: terra
    Cada país seu uso, cada roca seu fuso. (proverb)
    when in Rome, do as the Romans do
    (literally, “Each country has its usage, each distaff its spindle.”)
    • 1978, Emilio González López, Grandeza e decadencia do reino de Galicia, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 88:
      Na segunda fase, no século IX, cambea radicalmente a situación verbo das relacións entre Galicia e a corte asturiana, na que o noso país ten xa unha influencia decisiva.
      In the second phase, during the 9th century, the situation changes radically in regards to the relations of Galicia and the Asturian Court, in which our country has already a decisive influence
  2. countryside

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Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese país.

Noun[edit]

país

  1. country

Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

país m (plural païses)

  1. country

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French pays,[1][2] from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (“country”).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /pɐˈis/
  • Audio (Portugal)(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ís

Noun[edit]

país m (plural países)

  2. country; nation (a sovereign polity)
    Synonym: nação
    O Uruguai foi uma colónia, depois uma província, e hoje é um país.
    Uruguay was a colony, then a province, and today it's a country.
  4. country; land (a region inhabited by a particular people or characterised by a certain feature)
    Synonyms: terra, região
    Estamos em país montanhoso. ― We are in a mountainous land.
    País Basco ― Basque Country
    Alice no País das Maravilhas. ― Alice in Wonderland.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:país.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “país” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “país” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (“country”). Compare Sicilian pajisi, Italian paese.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /paˈis/ [paˈis]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: pa‧ís

Noun[edit]

país m (plural países)

  1. country (the territory of a nation)
  2. country, land (a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits)
    País Vasco ― Basque Country
    El País de las Maravillas ― Wonderland

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