🇵🇹 Portuguese

geladeiras

feminine

as geladeiras

refrigerators

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geladeiras
/as ʒelaˈdejɾɐs/
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How do you say geladeiras in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ʒelaˈdejɾɐs/

How do you pronounce geladeiras in Portuguese?

geladeiras is pronounced /as ʒelaˈdejɾɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A geladeira nova está quebrada e precisamos consertar a velha.

The new refrigerator is broken and we need to fix the old one.

Minha geladeira antiga é muito espaçosa, mas a geladeira moderna é mais econômica.

My old refrigerator is very spacious, but the modern refrigerator is more economical.

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Why is it feminine?

Geladeiras is feminine because it derives from the Latin "gelada" (feminine form meaning "frozen"), which retained its feminine gender through Portuguese. The suffix "-eira" (meaning "place where" or "thing that does") is a productive feminine-forming suffix in Portuguese, and words ending in "-eira" are typically feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for refrigerators?

The Portuguese word for refrigerators is as geladeiras — feminine.

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