🇵🇹 Portuguese

horas

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

as horas

hours

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horas
/as ˈɔɾɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say horas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈɔɾɐs/

How do you pronounce horas in Portuguese?

horas is pronounced /as ˈɔɾɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A hora marcada foi adiada porque a reunião importante teve que ser remarcada.

The scheduled time was postponed because the important meeting had to be rescheduled.

Esta é a hora certa para fazer a pergunta difícil que ela estava esperando.

This is the right time to ask the difficult question that she was waiting for.

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Why is it feminine?

Horas is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "hora" (feminine), which was feminine in Latin due to its ending in "-a"—a common feminine marker in Latin's first declension. The gender was simply preserved as the language evolved from Latin to Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for hours?

The Portuguese word for hours is as horas — feminine.

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