🇵🇹 Portuguese

bibliotecas

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 bibliotecas

libraries

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bibliotecas
/as biblioˈtɛkɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bibliotecas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as biblioˈtɛkɐs/

How do you pronounce bibliotecas in Portuguese?

bibliotecas is pronounced /as biblioˈtɛkɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A biblioteca municipal é muito antiga e preserva documentos raros.

The municipal library is very old and preserves rare documents.

Essa biblioteca estava fechada, mas agora ela está aberta para todos os visitantes.

That library was closed, but now it is open for all visitors.

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Why is it feminine?

Bibliotecas is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "bibliotheca," which was feminine due to its Greek origin "bibliothēkē" (βιβλιοθήκη), where the "-thēkē" suffix meaning "repository" or "case" was inherently feminine in Greek grammatical gender.

What is the Portuguese word for libraries?

The Portuguese word for libraries is as bibliotecas — feminine.

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