escadas
as escadas
stairs
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How do you say escadas in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce escadas in Portuguese?
escadas is pronounced /as isˈkadɐs/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A escada velha estava quebrada, então compramos uma escada nova.
The old staircase was broken, so we bought a new staircase.
A escada principal é muito larga, mas a escada de emergência é estreita.
The main staircase is very wide, but the emergency staircase is narrow.
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Why is it feminine?
Escadas is feminine because it derives from the Late Latin "scala" (feminine), which originally meant "ladder" or "staircase" and retained its feminine gender through the Romance language evolution, following the typical pattern of Latin first-declension nouns ending in -a.
What is the Portuguese word for stairs?
The Portuguese word for stairs is as escadas — feminine.
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