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How do you say grades in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce grades in Portuguese?
grades is pronounced /as ˈɡɾadʒis/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A grade escura do portão estava enferrujada e precisava ser pintada.
The dark gate/grating was rusted and needed to be painted.
Aquela grade antiga foi restaurada com cuidado especial por ser uma peça histórica valiosa.
That old grating was carefully restored because it was a valuable historical piece.
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Why is it feminine?
Grades is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin *grata* (feminine form of *gratus*), which originally meant "pleasing" or "grateful". In Portuguese, "grade" refers to a grating or latticed structure (such as a gate or fence), and the feminine grammatical gender was preserved through the Romance language evolution from Latin to Portuguese.
What is the Portuguese word for grates?
The Portuguese word for grates is as grades — feminine.
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