🇵🇹 Portuguese

questões

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 questões

questions

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questões
/as kesˈtõj̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say questões in Portuguese?

IPA
/as kesˈtõj̃s/

How do you pronounce questões in Portuguese?

questões is pronounced /as kesˈtõj̃s/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A questão importante foi discutida na reunião de ontem.

The important question was discussed in yesterday's meeting.

Essa questão difícil deixou todos os alunos confusos.

That difficult question left all the students confused.

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Why is it feminine?

Questões is feminine because it derives from Latin "quaestio" (feminine noun), which maintained its gender when adopted into Portuguese; the -ão ending, though typically masculine in modern Portuguese, preserves the feminine gender of its Latin ancestor in this and similar words inherited directly from Latin.

What is the Portuguese word for questions?

The Portuguese word for questions is as questões — feminine.

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