alfândegas
as alfândegas
customs
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Comment dit-on alfândegas en portugais ?
How do you pronounce alfândegas in portugais?
alfândegas is pronounced /as awˈfɐ̃deɡɐs/ in portugais.
Exemples de phrases
A alfândega brasileira é muito rigorosa na inspeção de bagagens.
The Brazilian customs (feminine) is very strict in baggage inspection.
A alfândega fechada impediu a entrada de mercadorias ilegais.
The closed customs (feminine) prevented the entry of illegal goods.
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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?
Alfândegas is feminine because it derives from the Arabic "al-funduq" (the inn/warehouse), which entered Portuguese through Medieval trade contacts, and the word was feminized following the pattern of Portuguese nouns ending in "-a." The feminine gender stuck despite its foreign origin, likely because the "-a" ending strongly signals feminine nouns in Romance languages.
Comment dit-on customs en portugais ?
En portugais, customs se dit as alfândegas — feminine.
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