🇵🇹 Portuguese

barbas

feminine

as barbas

beards

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barbas
/as ˈbaʁbɐs/
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How do you say barbas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈbaʁbɐs/

How do you pronounce barbas in Portuguese?

barbas is pronounced /as ˈbaʁbɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A barba comprida do meu avó é muito branca e impressionante.

My grandfather's long beard is very white and impressive.

Ela deixou a barba crescer e ficou muito mais bonita com essa nova aparência.

She let her beard grow and became much more beautiful with this new appearance.

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Why is it feminine?

Barbas is feminine in Portuguese because it descends from Latin "barba" (feminine), which likely derives from an Indo-European root and was grammatically feminine throughout the Romance language family. Like most Portuguese nouns ending in -a, it retained the feminine gender from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Portuguese word for beards?

The Portuguese word for beards is as barbas — feminine.

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