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a fumaça
smoke
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How do you say fumaça in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce fumaça in Portuguese?
fumaça is pronounced /a fuˈmasɐ/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A fumaça espessa saía da chaminé e cobria toda a cidade.
The thick smoke came out of the chimney and covered the entire city.
Aquela fumaça cinzenta era tóxica e perigosa para os moradores.
That gray smoke was toxic and dangerous for the residents.
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Why is it feminine?
Fumaça is feminine because it ends in the suffix "-aça", a productive Portuguese suffix that typically creates feminine nouns. The word derives from Latin "fumus" (smoke, masculine), and the addition of the "-aça" suffix transforms it into a feminine noun, similar to how other Portuguese nouns with this suffix are feminine (e.g., "tolice" from Latin).
What is the Portuguese word for smoke?
The Portuguese word for smoke is a fumaça — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | humo flips! | el | masculine |
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