🇵🇹 Portuguese

lugares

masculine

os lugares

places

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lugares
/us luˈɡaɾis/
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How do you say lugares in Portuguese?

IPA
/us luˈɡaɾis/

How do you pronounce lugares in Portuguese?

lugares is pronounced /us luˈɡaɾis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O lugar bonito que visitei ontem era muito grande e aconchegante.

The beautiful place that I visited yesterday was very large and cozy.

Este lugar escuro parecia assustador, mas o lugar iluminado ao lado era bem diferente.

This dark place seemed scary, but the illuminated place next to it was quite different.

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Why is it masculine?

Lugares is masculine because it derives from Latin "locum" (accusative of "locus," meaning place), which was a masculine noun. Portuguese inherited the masculine gender from Latin. The -ar ending in Portuguese masculine nouns typically comes from Latin accusative forms (-um) rather than nominative forms (-us).

What is the Portuguese word for places?

The Portuguese word for places is os lugares — masculine.

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