🇵🇹 Portuguese

cenoura

feminine

a cenoura

carrot

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cenoura
/a seˈnoɾɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cenoura in Portuguese?

IPA
/a seˈnoɾɐ/

How do you pronounce cenoura in Portuguese?

cenoura is pronounced /a seˈnoɾɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A cenoura fresca que comprei no mercado está deliciosa e muito nutritiva.

The fresh carrot that I bought at the market is delicious and very nutritious.

Aquela cenoura grande e laranja é perfeita para fazer um suco saudável.

That big and orange carrot is perfect for making a healthy juice.

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Why is it feminine?

Cenoura is feminine because it derives from Latin "carota," which was feminine in gender, and Portuguese maintained this grammatical gender through its Romance language evolution. The word's feminine ending in "-a" also reinforced this gender classification in Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for carrot?

The Portuguese word for carrot is a cenoura — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcarottelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishzanahorialafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiancarotalafeminine

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