🇵🇹 Portuguese

pranchas

feminine

as pranchas

surfboards

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pranchas
/as ˈpɾɐ̃ʃɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pranchas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈpɾɐ̃ʃɐs/

How do you pronounce pranchas in Portuguese?

pranchas is pronounced /as ˈpɾɐ̃ʃɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A prancha nova que comprei é perfeita para surfar nas ondas grandes.

The new surfboard that I bought is perfect for surfing big waves.

Minha prancha antiga estava quebrada, então precisei de uma nova e resistente.

My old surfboard was broken, so I needed a new and resistant one.

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Why is it feminine?

Pranchas is feminine because it derives from Latin "planca" (a board or plank), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes; the Latin feminine ending -a became the Portuguese feminine marker -a.

What is the Portuguese word for surfboards?

The Portuguese word for surfboards is as pranchas — feminine.

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