🇵🇹 Portuguese

portas

feminine

as portas

doors

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portas
/as ˈpɔʁtɐs/
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How do you say portas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈpɔʁtɐs/

How do you pronounce portas in Portuguese?

portas is pronounced /as ˈpɔʁtɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A porta vermelha está aberta.

The red door is open. (feminine: a, vermelha)

Aquela porta antiga foi restaurada recentemente.

That old door was recently restored. (feminine: aquela, antiga)

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Why is it feminine?

Portas is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "porta" (door), which was feminine in Latin due to its ending in "-a," a standard feminine marker in Latin's first declension. This gender was preserved when the word evolved into Portuguese, where "-a" endings typically indicate feminine nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for doors?

The Portuguese word for doors is as portas — feminine.

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