🇵🇹 Portuguese

ocorrências

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 ocorrências

occurrences

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ocorrências
/as okoˈʁẽsiɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ocorrências in Portuguese?

IPA
/as okoˈʁẽsiɐs/

How do you pronounce ocorrências in Portuguese?

ocorrências is pronounced /as okoˈʁẽsiɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A ocorrência policial foi registrada como suspeita e necessitava de investigação imediata.

The police incident was registered as suspicious and required immediate investigation.

Essa ocorrência rara e inesperada surpreendeu todos os cientistas da universidade.

This rare and unexpected occurrence surprised all the scientists at the university.

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Why is it feminine?

Ocorrências is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "occurrentia," which is feminine (following the first declension pattern ending in -a), and Portuguese inherited this gender along with the suffix -ência, which consistently marks feminine nouns in the language.

What is the Portuguese word for occurrences?

The Portuguese word for occurrences is as ocorrências — feminine.

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