🇵🇹 Portuguese

farinhas

feminine

as farinhas

flours

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farinhas
/as faˈɾĩɲɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say farinhas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as faˈɾĩɲɐs/

How do you pronounce farinhas in Portuguese?

farinhas is pronounced /as faˈɾĩɲɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A farinha branca é mais refinada do que a farinha integral escura.

The white flour is more refined than the dark whole wheat flour.

Esta farinha fresca chegou ontem do moinho e já está sendo usada na padaria.

This fresh flour arrived yesterday from the mill and is already being used in the bakery.

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Why is it feminine?

Farinhas is feminine because it derives from Latin "farina," which was feminine in gender, a pattern that Portuguese retained for most -a ending nouns inherited from Latin. The Latin term itself likely came from "far" (grain/spelt), and the feminine grammatical gender was preserved through the regular sound changes from Latin to Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for flours?

The Portuguese word for flours is as farinhas — feminine.

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