Asturian

Noun

país m ‎(plural países)

1. country

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəˈis/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pəˈis/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /paˈis/

Noun

país m ‎(plural països)

1. country

Related terms

• malpaís
• paisatge
• paisà
• pagès
• pagà

Verb

país

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

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈis/

Noun

país m ‎(plural países)

1. country

Papiamentu

Noun

país

1. country

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pays (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ˈiʃ/
• (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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:país.

Synonyms

• (nation): nação
• (land): terra, região

Derived terms

• paisinho (diminutive)
• paisão (augmentative)
• País Basco
• país de opereta

Related terms

• pago

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

Related terms

• malpaís
• paisaje
• paisano
• pagano
• pago