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preguiças

feminine

as preguiças

lazinesses

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preguiças
/as pɾeˈɡisɐs/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on preguiças en portugais ?

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/as pɾeˈɡisɐs/

How do you pronounce preguiças in portugais?

preguiças is pronounced /as pɾeˈɡisɐs/ 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 ?

Preguiças 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 lazinesses en portugais ?

En portugais, lazinesses se dit as preguiças — feminine.

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