Accordorelha
a orelha
ear
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How do you say orelha in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce orelha in Portuguese?
orelha is pronounced /a oˈɾeʎɐ/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A orelha esquerda da minha avó é surda, então ela sempre vira a cabeça para ouvir com a orelha direita.
My grandmother's left ear is deaf, so she always turns her head to listen with her right ear.
A orelha inflamada dela precisava de antibiótico, mas a orelha do meu irmão estava perfeitamente saudável.
Her inflamed ear needed antibiotics, but my brother's ear was perfectly healthy.
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Why is it feminine?
Orelha is feminine because it descends from Latin "auricula" (the diminutive of "auris," meaning ear), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender. The word's feminine ending "-a" helped reinforce its feminine classification in the Romance language evolution.
What is the Portuguese word for ear?
The Portuguese word for ear is a orelha — feminine.
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