🇵🇹 Portuguese

febres

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

as febres

fevers

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febres
/as ˈfɛbɾis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say febres in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈfɛbɾis/

How do you pronounce febres in Portuguese?

febres is pronounced /as ˈfɛbɾis/ 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?

Febres 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 fevers?

The Portuguese word for fevers is as febres — feminine.

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