🇵🇹 portugués

fronteira

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 fronteira

border

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fronteira
/a fɾõˈtejɾɐ/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice fronteira en portugués?

AFI
/a fɾõˈtejɾɐ/

How do you pronounce fronteira in portugués?

fronteira is pronounced /a fɾõˈtejɾɐ/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

A fronteira portuguesa é muito antiga e bem preservada.

The Portuguese border is very old and well preserved.

Esta fronteira marítima foi disputada entre os dois países durante séculos.

This maritime border was disputed between the two countries for centuries.

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¿Por qué es feminine?

Fronteira is feminine because it ends in "-eira", a productive feminine suffix in Portuguese. This suffix derives from Latin "-aria", which consistently produced feminine nouns. The word comes from Latin "frontaria" (frontier/border), itself derived from "frons" (front/forehead). The feminine gender was maintained through the regular sound changes from Latin "-aria" to Portuguese "-eira".

¿Cómo se dice border en portugués?

En portugués, border se dice a fronteira — feminine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇫🇷 Frenchfrontièrelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishfronteralafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianconfine flips!ilmasculine

Practica con Accord

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

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