Accordportões
masculine
os portões
gates
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portões
/us poʁˈtõj̃s/
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How do you say portões in Portuguese?
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/us poʁˈtõj̃s/
How do you pronounce portões in Portuguese?
portões is pronounced /us poʁˈtõj̃s/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O portão grande foi pintado de azul ontem.
The big gate was painted blue yesterday.
Este portão antigo precisa de reparos urgentes.
This old gate needs urgent repairs.
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Why is it masculine?
Portões is masculine because it derives from Latin "portōnem" (a large gate), which was a masculine noun in the third declension, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender through sound changes that transformed the Latin ending into the modern "-ão" suffix.
What is the Portuguese word for gates?
The Portuguese word for gates is os portões — masculine.
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