🇵🇹 portugais

cavernas

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 cavernas

caves

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cavernas
/as kaˈvɛʁnɐs/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on cavernas en portugais ?

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/as kaˈvɛʁnɐs/

How do you pronounce cavernas in portugais?

cavernas is pronounced /as kaˈvɛʁnɐs/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

A caverna escura abrigava morcegos antigos.

The dark cave sheltered ancient bats.

Uma caverna profunda e misteriosa foi descoberta pelos arqueólogos.

A deep and mysterious cave was discovered by the archaeologists.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Cavernas is feminine because it derives from Latin "caverna," which was already feminine in Latin. The -a ending is a common feminine marker in Portuguese, and the word retained its feminine gender from Latin. The suffix -erna does not derive from a process of feminization of "cavus"; rather, "caverna" was an independent feminine noun in Latin meaning a hollow place or cave.

Comment dit-on caves en portugais ?

En portugais, caves se dit as cavernas — feminine.

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