🇵🇹 Portuguese

duchas

feminine

as duchas

showers

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duchas
/as ˈduʃɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say duchas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈduʃɐs/

How do you pronounce duchas in Portuguese?

duchas is pronounced /as ˈduʃɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A ducha fria é muito refrescante depois do exercício.

The cold shower is very refreshing after exercise.

Aquela ducha nova que instalamos está quebrada.

That new shower that we installed is broken.

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Why is it feminine?

Duchas is feminine in Portuguese. While it does derive from Latin roots related to conducting water, the feminine gender is better explained by the word's evolution through Romance languages where -a endings typically indicate feminine nouns. The word refers to a shower (the device or act of showering) and follows the standard Portuguese pattern where nouns ending in -a are generally feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for showers?

The Portuguese word for showers is as duchas — feminine.

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