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Crianças is feminine in Portuguese. The article is as, so the full form is as crianças ("children").
FEMININEcrianças is the plural of criança
as crianças — children
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How do you say crianças in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce crianças in Portuguese?
crianças is pronounced /as kɾiˈɐ̃sɐs/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A criança pequena perdeu sua boneca no parque.
The small girl lost her doll in the park.
A criança curiosa fez muitas perguntas interessantes durante a aula.
The curious girl asked many interesting questions during the class.
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Why is it feminine?
Crianças is feminine because it derives from the Latin "creantia," which comes from the feminine gerundive form related to "creare" (to create/raise). This Latin feminine form established the grammatical gender as feminine, which was retained as the word evolved through Portuguese to mean "child."
What is the Portuguese word for children?
The Portuguese word for children is as crianças — feminine.
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