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a fome
hunger
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How do you say fome in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce fome in Portuguese?
fome is pronounced /a ˈfomi/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A fome extrema que assolou o país deixou a população inteira devastada.
The extreme hunger that ravaged the country left the entire population devastated.
Aquela fome terrível foi a pior que a geração antiga já tinha enfrentado.
That terrible hunger was the worst that the older generation had ever faced.
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Why is it feminine?
Fome is feminine because it derives from Latin "famis," which was feminine in gender, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word through regular sound changes from Vulgar Latin.
What is the Portuguese word for hunger?
The Portuguese word for hunger is a fome — feminine.
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