🇵🇹 Portuguese

situações

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feminine

as situações

situations

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situações
/as situaˈsõj̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say situações in Portuguese?

IPA
/as situaˈsõj̃s/

How do you pronounce situações in Portuguese?

situações is pronounced /as situaˈsõj̃s/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A situação atual é muito complexa e exige uma solução rápida.

The current situation is very complex and demands a quick solution.

Essa situação delicada deixou todos preocupados com o resultado final.

That delicate situation left everyone worried about the final outcome.

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Why is it feminine?

Situações is feminine because it derives from Latin "situatio," which belonged to the third declension (-io/-ionis ending). In Latin, nouns ending in -io of the third declension were typically feminine or neuter. Portuguese inherited the feminine gender from Latin, and the final syllable underwent regular sound changes to produce the modern Portuguese feminine ending "-ção," which is consistently feminine across all Portuguese nouns ending in this suffix.

What is the Portuguese word for situations?

The Portuguese word for situations is as situações — feminine.

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