🇵🇹 Portuguese

cenouras

feminine

as cenouras

carrots

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cenouras
/as seˈnoɾɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cenouras in Portuguese?

IPA
/as seˈnoɾɐs/

How do you pronounce cenouras in Portuguese?

cenouras is pronounced /as seˈnoɾɐs/ 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?

Cenouras 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 carrots?

The Portuguese word for carrots is as cenouras — feminine.

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