🇵🇹 Portuguese

plantas

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 plantas

plants

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plantas
/as ˈplɐ̃tɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say plantas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈplɐ̃tɐs/

How do you pronounce plantas in Portuguese?

plantas is pronounced /as ˈplɐ̃tɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A planta verde está morrendo porque não recebe água suficiente.

The green plant is dying because it doesn't receive enough water.

Esta planta exótica foi trazida de um país distante e é muito rara.

This exotic plant was brought from a distant country and is very rare.

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Why is it feminine?

Plantas is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "planta," which was already feminine in the source language, following the first declension pattern (-a ending) typical of feminine nouns in Latin. This gender was simply inherited and preserved as Portuguese evolved from Vulgar Latin.

What is the Portuguese word for plants?

The Portuguese word for plants is as plantas — feminine.

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