🇵🇹 Portuguese

necessidades

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feminine

as necessidades

necessities

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necessidades
/as nesesiˈdadʒis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say necessidades in Portuguese?

IPA
/as nesesiˈdadʒis/

How do you pronounce necessidades in Portuguese?

necessidades is pronounced /as nesesiˈdadʒis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A necessidade urgente de água potável foi reconhecida pelo governo.

The urgent necessity for drinking water was recognized by the government.

Essa necessidade básica não pode ser ignorada pelas autoridades competentes.

This basic necessity cannot be ignored by the competent authorities.

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Why is it feminine?

Necessidades is feminine because it derives from Latin "necessitas" (-atis), a third-declension feminine noun, and Portuguese inherited the feminine gender from this Latin feminine form. The Latin suffix "-itas" regularly produced feminine nouns in Romance languages, which is why Portuguese nouns ending in "-dade" (the evolved form of "-itate") are predominantly feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for necessities?

The Portuguese word for necessities is as necessidades — feminine.

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