🇵🇹 portugués

cruzes

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 cruzes

crosses

Try it

cruzes
/as ˈkɾuzis/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice cruzes en portugués?

AFI
/as ˈkɾuzis/

How do you pronounce cruzes in portugués?

cruzes is pronounced /as ˈkɾuzis/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

A cruz vermelha foi erguida no topo da igreja.

The red cross was erected on top of the church.

Aquela cruz antiga é muito importante para a comunidade religiosa.

That old cross is very important for the religious community.

Desliza cruzes en Accord

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¿Por qué es feminine?

Cruzes (cross) is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "crux, crucis," which was feminine in the third declension, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. This Latin gender assignment has been preserved through the Romance languages despite the word's semantic reference to a physical object.

¿Cómo se dice crosses en portugués?

En portugués, crosses se dice as cruzes — feminine.

Practica con Accord

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

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