cujo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Lower Sorbian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈt͡sujɔ]
=== Verb ===
cujo
third-person singular present of cuś
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese cujo, from Latin cuius, a genitive of quī (“which”) which had been used adjectivally since at least the time of Plautus. cp. Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), both from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: cu‧jo
=== Determiner ===
cujo (feminine cuja, masculine plural cujos, feminine plural cujas)
whose (of whom)
==== Usage notes ====
In Brazil, this word is considered formal and is not generally used in casual, colloquial conversation. The relative pronoun que (“that”; here ungrammatical), or an attributive rephrasing, will commonly be used instead.
=== Further reading ===
“cujo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“cujo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026