🇵🇹 Portuguese

neblina

feminine

a neblina

fog

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neblina
/a neˈblinɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say neblina in Portuguese?

IPA
/a neˈblinɐ/

How do you pronounce neblina in Portuguese?

neblina is pronounced /a neˈblinɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A neblina espessa cobriu toda a cidade durante a manhã.

The thick fog covered the entire city during the morning.

Aquela neblina matinal era tão densa que os carros precisavam ligar os faróis.

That morning fog was so dense that cars needed to turn on their headlights.

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Why is it feminine?

Neblina is feminine because it derives from Latin "nebula" (feminine), which referred to mist or fog and belonged to the first declension class of feminine nouns in Latin. This Latin gender was preserved through the regular sound changes that transformed "nebula" into Portuguese "neblina."

What is the Portuguese word for fog?

The Portuguese word for fog is a neblina — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbrouillard flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiannebbialafeminine

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