🇵🇹 Portuguese

cinemas

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

os cinemas

cinemas

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cinemas
/us siˈnemɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cinemas in Portuguese?

IPA
/us siˈnemɐs/

How do you pronounce cinemas in Portuguese?

cinemas is pronounced /us siˈnemɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O cinema novo da cidade é muito moderno e tem poltronas confortáveis.

The new cinema in the city is very modern and has comfortable armchairs.

Aquele cinema antigo foi restaurado completamente para se tornar um espaço cultural importante.

That old cinema was completely restored to become an important cultural space.

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Why is it masculine?

Cinemas is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from the Greek "kinema" (κίνημα, meaning "movement"), which was adopted into Late Latin as a neuter noun. When Romance languages developed, many Latin neuter nouns were reinterpreted and assigned to the masculine gender, as the neuter gender was lost. This masculine gender was preserved in Portuguese. The word's -a ending is atypical for masculine nouns in Portuguese, making it an exception to the general rule that -a marks feminine nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for cinemas?

The Portuguese word for cinemas is os cinemas — masculine.

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