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a alface
lettuce
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How do you say alface in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce alface in Portuguese?
alface is pronounced /a awˈfasi/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A alface fresca que comprei no mercado estava deliciosa na salada.
The fresh lettuce that I bought at the market was delicious in the salad.
Aquela alface romana é muito mais crocante do que a alface iceberg comum.
That roman lettuce is much crunchier than the common iceberg lettuce.
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Why is it feminine?
Alface is feminine because it derives from Latin "lactuca," which was a feminine noun in the first declension (not second). Portuguese inherited this gender along with the word's phonetic evolution. The Latin feminine ending "-a" is preserved in the Portuguese form, following the standard pattern where most "-a" ending nouns are feminine in Romance languages.
What is the Portuguese word for lettuce?
The Portuguese word for lettuce is a alface — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | lechuga | la | feminine |
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