🇵🇹 portugais

animais

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

os animais

animals

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animais
/us aniˈmajs/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on animais en portugais ?

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/us aniˈmajs/

How do you pronounce animais in portugais?

animais is pronounced /us aniˈmajs/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

O animal selvagem escapou do zoológico ontem à noite.

The wild animal escaped from the zoo last night.

Esse animal é muito inteligente e foi treinado especialmente para ajudar pessoas cegas.

This animal is very intelligent and was specially trained to help blind people.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Animais is masculine in Portuguese. While it does derive from Latin "animālis," the gender retention is better explained by noting that in Portuguese third-declension Latin nouns ending in -al typically became masculine nouns. The word functions as both a noun and adjective in Portuguese (e.g., "um animal feroz" - a fierce animal), and follows the standard pattern of -al ending nouns being masculine in Portuguese.

Comment dit-on animals en portugais ?

En portugais, animals se dit os animais — masculine.

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