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a parede
wall
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How do you say parede in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce parede in Portuguese?
parede is pronounced /a paˈɾedʒi/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A parede branca do meu quarto está muito suja.
The white wall of my bedroom is very dirty.
Aquela parede antiga precisa ser restaurada porque está rachada.
That old wall needs to be restored because it is cracked.
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Why is it feminine?
Parede is feminine because it descends from Latin "pariēs," which was a masculine noun. During the evolution from Latin to Romance languages, this word underwent gender shift and became feminine in Portuguese, Spanish, and French. The exact mechanism of this regendering is uncertain, but it may have been influenced by phonetic similarity to other feminine nouns or by analogy with semantically related feminine terms.
What is the Portuguese word for wall?
The Portuguese word for wall is a parede — feminine.
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