preguiça
a preguiça
laziness
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Comment dit-on preguiça en portugais ?
How do you pronounce preguiça in portugais?
preguiça is pronounced /a pɾeˈɡisɐ/ in portugais.
Exemples de phrases
A preguiça é um animal muito lento e dorme a maior parte do dia.
The sloth is a very slow animal and sleeps most of the day.
Minha avó sempre dizia que a preguiça é uma péssima qualidade que deve ser evitada.
My grandmother always said that laziness is a terrible quality that should be avoided.
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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?
Preguiça is feminine because it ends in "-a", which is the typical feminine ending for Portuguese nouns. The word derives from Latin "pigritia" (meaning laziness/sluggishness), which was feminine in gender. Portuguese inherited both the feminine gender and the word itself, with the Latin ending "-ia" evolving to the Portuguese "-ça".
Comment dit-on laziness en portugais ?
En portugais, laziness se dit a preguiça — feminine.
Genre selon les langues
| Langue | Mot | Article | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italian | pigrizia | la | feminine |
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