🇵🇹 portugués

caverna

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

a caverna

cave

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caverna
/a kaˈvɛʁnɐ/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice caverna en portugués?

AFI
/a kaˈvɛʁnɐ/

How do you pronounce caverna in portugués?

caverna is pronounced /a kaˈvɛʁnɐ/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

A caverna escura abrigava morcegos antigos.

The dark cave sheltered ancient bats.

Uma caverna profunda e misteriosa foi descoberta pelos arqueólogos.

A deep and mysterious cave was discovered by the archaeologists.

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¿Por qué es feminine?

Caverna is feminine because it derives from Latin "caverna," which was already feminine in Latin. The -a ending is a common feminine marker in Portuguese, and the word retained its feminine gender from Latin. The suffix -erna does not derive from a process of feminization of "cavus"; rather, "caverna" was an independent feminine noun in Latin meaning a hollow place or cave.

¿Cómo se dice cave en portugués?

En portugués, cave se dice a caverna — feminine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇫🇷 Frenchgrottelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishcuevalafeminine

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