🇵🇹 Portuguese

colunas

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

as colunas

columns

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colunas
/as koˈlunɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say colunas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as koˈlunɐs/

How do you pronounce colunas in Portuguese?

colunas is pronounced /as koˈlunɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A coluna vertebral está danificada e precisa de cirurgia urgente.

The vertebral column is damaged and needs urgent surgery.

A coluna do jornal é escrita por uma autora renomada que oferece conselhos práticos.

The newspaper column is written by a renowned female author who offers practical advice.

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Why is it feminine?

Colunas is feminine because it derives from Latin "columna," which was feminine in gender, following the Latin first declension pattern (-a ending) that typically assigned feminine gender to nouns. This gender assignment was preserved when the word evolved into Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for columns?

The Portuguese word for columns is as colunas — feminine.

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