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a floresta
forest
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How do you say floresta in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce floresta in Portuguese?
floresta is pronounced /a floˈɾɛstɐ/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A floresta amazônica é a maior do mundo e precisa ser protegida.
The Amazonian forest is the largest in the world and needs to be protected.
A floresta densa estava completamente escura quando entramos nela.
The dense forest was completely dark when we entered it.
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Why is it feminine?
Floresta is feminine because it ends in the productive feminine suffix "-a" in Portuguese. The word derives from Old French "forest" (itself from Latin "forestis", meaning "outside woods" or "uncultivated land"), which was used in medieval Latin with feminine gender. The feminine ending "-a" was applied when the word was adopted into Portuguese, following the regular pattern where words ending in "-a" are typically feminine in Portuguese.
What is the Portuguese word for forest?
The Portuguese word for forest is a floresta — feminine.
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