🇵🇹 Portuguese

salas

feminine

as salas

rooms

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salas
/as ˈsalɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say salas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈsalɐs/

How do you pronounce salas in Portuguese?

salas is pronounced /as ˈsalɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A sala grande estava vazia porque a reunião foi cancelada.

The big room was empty because the meeting was cancelled.

A sala nova da escola é muito bonita e espaçosa.

The new room at the school is very beautiful and spacious.

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Why is it feminine?

Salas is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "sala" (hall), which was feminine in gender—a gender assignment that Romance languages inherited and maintained. The word's femininity follows the natural gender of its Latin ancestor rather than following a productive morphological rule.

What is the Portuguese word for rooms?

The Portuguese word for rooms is as salas — feminine.

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