🇵🇹 Portuguese

sutiãs

masculine

os sutiãs

bras

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sutiãs
/us sutʃiˈɐ̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sutiãs in Portuguese?

IPA
/us sutʃiˈɐ̃s/

How do you pronounce sutiãs in Portuguese?

sutiãs is pronounced /us sutʃiˈɐ̃s/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O sutiã novo que comprei é muito confortável e o material é de excelente qualidade.

The new bra that I bought is very comfortable and the material is of excellent quality.

Aquele sutiã branco ficou muito pequeno depois da lavagem; ele encolheu bastante.

That white bra became too small after washing; it shrank a lot.

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Why is it masculine?

Sutiãs is masculine in Portuguese. The word derives from French "soutien" (meaning "support"), and while it ends in the nasal vowel "-ã", its masculine gender is determined by its origin as a borrowed word that was integrated into Portuguese with masculine gender classification. This is an exception to the typical pattern where words ending in "-ã" are usually feminine, but the masculine assignment reflects how this particular loanword was adopted into the language.

What is the Portuguese word for bras?

The Portuguese word for bras is os sutiãs — masculine.

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