🇵🇹 Portuguese

festas

feminine

as festas

parties

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festas
/as ˈfɛstɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say festas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈfɛstɐs/

How do you pronounce festas in Portuguese?

festas is pronounced /as ˈfɛstɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A festa foi muito animada e todos os convidados se divertiram muito.

The party was very lively and all the guests had a lot of fun.

Essa festa tradicional é sempre esperada pelas famílias da região.

This traditional party is always awaited by the families in the region.

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Why is it feminine?

Festas is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "festa" (plural of "festum"), which was already feminine in Late Latin as the language evolved from the neuter "festum"; the shift to feminine gender occurred as Latin evolved into Romance languages, likely influenced by phonetic patterns and analogy with other -a ending nouns that became predominantly feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for parties?

The Portuguese word for parties is as festas — feminine.

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