🇵🇹 Portuguese

calças

feminine

as calças

trousers

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calças
/as ˈkawsɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say calças in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈkawsɐs/

How do you pronounce calças in Portuguese?

calças is pronounced /as ˈkawsɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A calça azul que comprei ontem é muito confortável.

The blue pants that I bought yesterday are very comfortable.

Minha calça nova está rasgada e preciso consertá-la imediatamente.

My new pants are torn and I need to fix them immediately.

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Why is it feminine?

Calças is feminine because it derives from the Latin "calica" or related forms, and like most Portuguese nouns ending in "-a", it retained feminine gender through Romance language evolution. Portuguese inherited the Latin gender system where most "-a" ending words are feminine nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for trousers?

The Portuguese word for trousers is as calças — feminine.

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