🇵🇹 Portuguese

árvores

feminine

as árvores

trees

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árvores
/as ˈaʁvoɾis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say árvores in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈaʁvoɾis/

How do you pronounce árvores in Portuguese?

árvores is pronounced /as ˈaʁvoɾis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A árvore antiga estava cheia de pássaros coloridos.

The old tree was full of colorful birds.

Essa árvore frondosa fornecia uma sombra perfeita para o piquenique.

That leafy tree provided perfect shade for the picnic.

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Why is it feminine?

Árvores is feminine because it derives from Latin "arbor," which was a feminine noun in Latin (following the third-declension pattern), and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender from its Romance language origins. There's no phonetic rule that makes it obviously feminine in modern Portuguese—it's simply an inheritance from Latin's grammatical system.

What is the Portuguese word for trees?

The Portuguese word for trees is as árvores — feminine.

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