🇵🇹 Portuguese

sentenças

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 sentenças

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sentenças
/as sẽˈtẽsɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sentenças in Portuguese?

IPA
/as sẽˈtẽsɐs/

How do you pronounce sentenças in Portuguese?

sentenças is pronounced /as sẽˈtẽsɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A sentença final foi muito justa e bem fundamentada pelo juiz.

The final sentence was very fair and well-grounded by the judge.

Aquela sentença condenatória histórica mudou completamente a jurisprudência do país.

That historic condemning sentence completely changed the country's jurisprudence.

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Why is it feminine?

Sentenças is feminine because it derives from Latin "sententia," which was feminine in gender, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. The Latin root likely relates to "sentire" (to feel/perceive), and feminine nouns ending in "-ia" in Latin typically became feminine "-ça" nouns in Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for verdicts?

The Portuguese word for verdicts is as sentenças — feminine.

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