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as alfaces
lettuces
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How do you say alfaces in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce alfaces in Portuguese?
alfaces is pronounced /as awˈfasis/ 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?
Alfaces 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 lettuces?
The Portuguese word for lettuces is as alfaces — feminine.
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