🇵🇹 portugais

capitais

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feminine

as capitais

capitals

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capitais
/as kapiˈtajs/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on capitais en portugais ?

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/as kapiˈtajs/

How do you pronounce capitais in portugais?

capitais is pronounced /as kapiˈtajs/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

A capital portuguesa é Lisboa, uma cidade antiga e importante.

The Portuguese capital is Lisbon, an old and important city.

A capital do Brasil foi transferida para Brasília, uma cidade moderna e planejada.

Brazil's capital was moved to Brasília, a modern and planned city.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Capitais is feminine in Portuguese (a capital) because it derives from Latin *capitālis*, which as a noun meaning "capital city" used the feminine form *[urbs] capitālis* (the capital city), with the feminine gender persisting through Romance language evolution. The adjective form also became grammaticalized as a noun in Portuguese, retaining the feminine gender from its Latin origins.

Comment dit-on capitals en portugais ?

En portugais, capitals se dit as capitais — feminine.

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