🇵🇹 Portuguese

radares

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

os radares

radars

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radares
/us ʁaˈdaɾis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say radares in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ʁaˈdaɾis/

How do you pronounce radares in Portuguese?

radares is pronounced /us ʁaˈdaɾis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O radar novo detectou um avião não identificado no espaço aéreo.

The new radar detected an unidentified airplane in the airspace.

Aquele radar antigo foi substituído por um modelo mais moderno e preciso.

That old radar was replaced by a more modern and accurate model.

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Why is it masculine?

Radares is masculine in Portuguese because it's a borrowed acronym from English (RAdio Detection And Ranging) that was integrated into Portuguese following the gender pattern of similar technical terms and instrumental nouns, though as a foreign word, its gender assignment is somewhat arbitrary rather than following a predictable etymological rule.

What is the Portuguese word for radars?

The Portuguese word for radars is os radares — masculine.

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