🇵🇹 Portuguese

lágrimas

feminine

as lágrimas

tears

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lágrimas
/as ˈlaɡɾimɐs/
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How do you say lágrimas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈlaɡɾimɐs/

How do you pronounce lágrimas in Portuguese?

lágrimas is pronounced /as ˈlaɡɾimɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A lágrima salgada escorreu pelo seu rosto durante o filme triste.

The salty tear rolled down her face during the sad movie.

Cada lágrima derramada pela criança pequena revelava sua dor profunda.

Each tear shed by the small child revealed her deep pain.

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Why is it feminine?

Lágrimas is feminine because it derives from Latin "lacrima," which was feminine in Latin, and Portuguese retained this gender assignment along with the word itself. The Latin word likely came from an Indo-European root, but the feminine gender was simply inherited directly from the classical language.

What is the Portuguese word for tears?

The Portuguese word for tears is as lágrimas — feminine.

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