🇵🇹 Portuguese

bananas

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

as bananas

bananas

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bananas
/as baˈnɐ̃nɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bananas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as baˈnɐ̃nɐs/

How do you pronounce bananas in Portuguese?

bananas is pronounced /as baˈnɐ̃nɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A banana amarela que comprei ontem estava deliciosa.

The yellow banana that I bought yesterday was delicious.

Essa banana está muito madura e precisamos comê-la logo.

This banana is very ripe and we need to eat it soon.

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Why is it feminine?

Bananas is feminine in Portuguese. The word derives from Bantu languages (likely through Arabic intermediaries into European languages), and most Portuguese nouns ending in -a are feminine. The feminine gender is consistent with the word's phonetic ending, which follows the productive pattern of feminine nouns in Portuguese rather than being an exception.

What is the Portuguese word for bananas?

The Portuguese word for bananas is as bananas — feminine.

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