🇵🇹 Portuguese

borboletas

feminine

as borboletas

butterflies

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borboletas
/as boʁboˈlɛtɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say borboletas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as boʁboˈlɛtɐs/

How do you pronounce borboletas in Portuguese?

borboletas is pronounced /as boʁboˈlɛtɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A borboleta azul pousou delicadamente na flor amarela.

The blue butterfly landed delicately on the yellow flower.

Aquela borboleta branca é muito rara e bonita nesta região.

That white butterfly is very rare and beautiful in this region.

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Why is it feminine?

Borboletas is feminine because it derives from Latin "papilionem" (masculine), but Portuguese inherited the form "papileta" which evolved into "borboleta." The suffix "-eta" functioned as a feminine diminutive ending in Portuguese, reassigning the noun to the feminine gender. This represents a gender shift driven by morphological reanalysis rather than direct gender inheritance from Latin.

What is the Portuguese word for butterflies?

The Portuguese word for butterflies is as borboletas — feminine.

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