🇵🇹 Portuguese

justiças

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feminine

as justiças

justices

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justiças
/as ʒusˈtʃisɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say justiças in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ʒusˈtʃisɐs/

How do you pronounce justiças in Portuguese?

justiças is pronounced /as ʒusˈtʃisɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A justiça brasileira é lenta e complexa.

The Brazilian justice system is slow and complex.

A justiça social é necessária para uma sociedade mais igualitária.

Social justice is necessary for a more egalitarian society.

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Why is it feminine?

Justiças is feminine because it derives from Latin "iustitia," which was feminine in Latin, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. Latin "iustitia" was feminine partly due to the -ia ending being a productive feminine suffix in Latin, similar to how many abstract nouns denoting qualities or virtues (like "prudentia," "temperantia") were feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for justices?

The Portuguese word for justices is as justiças — feminine.

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