🇵🇹 portugués

bananas

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

as bananas

bananas

Try it

bananas
/as baˈnɐ̃nɐs/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice bananas en portugués?

AFI
/as baˈnɐ̃nɐs/

How do you pronounce bananas in portugués?

bananas is pronounced /as baˈnɐ̃nɐs/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

A banana amarela que comprei ontem estava deliciosa.

The yellow banana that I bought yesterday was delicious.

Essa banana está muito madura e precisamos comê-la logo.

This banana is very ripe and we need to eat it soon.

Desliza bananas en Accord

Desliza cientos de palabras y domina el género gramatical en portugués.

Descargar en el App Store

¿Por qué es feminine?

Bananas is feminine in Portuguese. The word derives from Bantu languages (likely through Arabic intermediaries into European languages), and most Portuguese nouns ending in -a are feminine. The feminine gender is consistent with the word's phonetic ending, which follows the productive pattern of feminine nouns in Portuguese rather than being an exception.

¿Cómo se dice bananas en portugués?

En portugués, bananas se dice as bananas — feminine.

Practica con Accord

Desliza cientos de palabras y domina el género gramatical en portugués.

Descargar en el App Store