Accordfebre
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
a febre
fever
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febre
/a ˈfɛbɾi/
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How do you say febre in Portuguese?
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/a ˈfɛbɾi/
How do you pronounce febre in Portuguese?
febre is pronounced /a ˈfɛbɾi/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A febre alta deixou a criança muito fraca e preocupada.
The high fever left the child very weak and worried.
Aquela febre persistente foi diagnosticada como uma infecção bacteriana grave.
That persistent fever was diagnosed as a serious bacterial infection.
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Why is it feminine?
Febre is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "febris," which was a feminine noun in Latin (following the third-declension pattern), and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender from its Romance language ancestry.
What is the Portuguese word for fever?
The Portuguese word for fever is a febre — feminine.
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