🇵🇹 Portuguese

memórias

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 memórias

memories

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memórias
/as meˈmɔɾiɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say memórias in Portuguese?

IPA
/as meˈmɔɾiɐs/

How do you pronounce memórias in Portuguese?

memórias is pronounced /as meˈmɔɾiɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A memória visual é muito importante para os artistas.

Visual memory is very important for artists.

Tenho uma memória excelente para nomes e datas.

I have an excellent memory for names and dates.

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Why is it feminine?

Memórias is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "memoria," which was a feminine noun. In Latin, nouns ending in -ia were typically feminine, and this gender was preserved as Portuguese evolved from Vulgar Latin. The -a ending in Portuguese (derived from Latin -ia) generally indicates feminine nouns, a pattern that persisted into modern Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for memories?

The Portuguese word for memories is as memórias — feminine.

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