🇵🇹 Portuguese

presenças

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Presenças is feminine in Portuguese. The article is as, so the full form is as presenças ("presences").

FEMININE

presenças is the plural of presença

as presenças — presences

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presenças
/as pɾeˈzẽsɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say presenças in Portuguese?

IPA
/as pɾeˈzẽsɐs/

How do you pronounce presenças in Portuguese?

presenças is pronounced /as pɾeˈzẽsɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A presença física dela era tão marcante que todos notaram sua ausência no dia seguinte.

Her physical presence was so striking that everyone noticed her absence the next day.

A presença constante da mãe foi fundamental para o desenvolvimento emocional da criança.

The mother's constant presence was fundamental for the child's emotional development.

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Why is it feminine?

Presenças is feminine because it derives from the Latin "praesentia," which was a feminine noun ending in "-ia," a productive feminine suffix in Latin that regularly became "-ça" in Portuguese while retaining feminine gender.

What is the Portuguese word for presences?

The Portuguese word for presences is as presenças — feminine.

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