🇵🇹 Portuguese

dobradiças

feminine

as dobradiças

hinges

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dobradiças
/as dobɾaˈdʒisɐs/
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How do you say dobradiças in Portuguese?

IPA
/as dobɾaˈdʒisɐs/

How do you pronounce dobradiças in Portuguese?

dobradiças is pronounced /as dobɾaˈdʒisɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A dobradiça velha da porta precisa ser substituída porque está enferrujada.

The old hinge of the door needs to be replaced because it is rusted.

Encontrei uma dobradiça quebrada e tive que comprar uma nova para consertar o armário.

I found a broken hinge and had to buy a new one to fix the cabinet.

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Why is it feminine?

Dobradiças is feminine because it derives from the Latin "duplicatīcia" (feminine), which comes from "duplicāre" (to fold), and Portuguese inherited the feminine gender from this Latin root. The word's suffix "-iça" (from Latin "-īcia") also typically marks feminine nouns in Portuguese, reinforcing its gender classification.

What is the Portuguese word for hinges?

The Portuguese word for hinges is as dobradiças — feminine.

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