🇵🇹 Portuguese

placas

feminine

as placas

license plates

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placas
/as ˈplakɐs/
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How do you say placas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈplakɐs/

How do you pronounce placas in Portuguese?

placas is pronounced /as ˈplakɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A placa vermelha indica que o estacionamento está proibido nesta rua.

The red sign indicates that parking is forbidden on this street.

A placa antiga foi substituída por uma nova placa moderna no museu.

The old sign was replaced by a new modern sign in the museum.

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Why is it feminine?

Placas is feminine because it derives from Latin "placa" (a flat piece or plate), which was feminine in Latin due to the first declension (-a ending). Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender from Latin. In Portuguese, most nouns ending in -a are feminine, and "placa" follows this pattern consistently.

What is the Portuguese word for license plates?

The Portuguese word for license plates is as placas — feminine.

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