🇵🇹 Portuguese

testas

feminine

as testas

foreheads

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testas
/as ˈtɛstɐs/
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How do you say testas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈtɛstɐs/

How do you pronounce testas in Portuguese?

testas is pronounced /as ˈtɛstɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A testa larga da atriz era sua característica mais marcante.

The actress's wide forehead was her most striking characteristic.

Ela bateu a testa dolorida contra a porta.

She hit her painful forehead against the door.

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Why is it feminine?

Testas is feminine in Portuguese because it descends directly from Latin *testa* (feminine), which originally meant "earthenware pot" or "shell" before acquiring the meaning "head" in late Latin—the feminine gender was preserved through this semantic evolution. Latin *testa* was feminine because it belonged to the first declension (-a ending words), which was predominantly feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for foreheads?

The Portuguese word for foreheads is as testas — feminine.

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