🇵🇹 portugais

selva

feminine

a selva

jungle

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selva
/a ˈsewvɐ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on selva en portugais ?

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/a ˈsewvɐ/

How do you pronounce selva in portugais?

selva is pronounced /a ˈsewvɐ/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

A selva amazônica é tão densa que a luz do sol mal consegue penetrar a vegetação.

The Amazon rainforest is so dense that sunlight can barely penetrate the vegetation.

A selva tropical, com toda a sua beleza selvagem, abriga milhões de espécies desconhecidas.

The tropical rainforest, with all its wild beauty, harbors millions of unknown species.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Selva is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "silva" (forest), which was feminine in Latin, and Portuguese retained the feminine gender of its Latin ancestor. The Latin feminine ending "-a" became the standard feminine marker in Romance languages, including Portuguese.

Comment dit-on jungle en portugais ?

En portugais, jungle se dit a selva — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇪🇸 Spanishselvalafeminine

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