🇵🇹 Portuguese

mares

masculine

os mares

seas

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mares
/us ˈmaɾis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mares in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈmaɾis/

How do you pronounce mares in Portuguese?

mares is pronounced /us ˈmaɾis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O mar azul é profundo e misterioso.

The blue sea is deep and mysterious.

O mar agitado destruiu o pequeno barco.

The rough sea destroyed the small boat.

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Why is it masculine?

Mares (sea) is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "mare," which was a neuter noun in classical Latin but became masculine in Romance languages as neuter gender collapsed and neuter nouns were absorbed into the masculine gender category during the evolution from Latin to Portuguese. This gender shift is a regular pattern seen across Romance languages rather than an exception.

What is the Portuguese word for seas?

The Portuguese word for seas is os mares — masculine.

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