🇵🇹 Portuguese

vidas

Vidas is feminine in Portuguese. The article is as, so the full form is as vidas ("lives").

FEMININE

vidas is the plural of vida

as vidas — lives

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vidas
/as ˈvidɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vidas in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈvidɐs/

How do you pronounce vidas in Portuguese?

vidas is pronounced /as ˈvidɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A vida moderna é muito estressante para as pessoas.

Modern life is very stressful for people. (The feminine adjective 'moderna' agrees with the feminine noun 'vida')

Minha vida inteira foi dedicada à família.

My entire life was dedicated to family. (The feminine adjective 'inteira' agrees with the feminine noun 'vida')

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Why is it feminine?

Vidas is feminine in Portuguese because it descends from Latin "vita," which was a feminine noun of the first declension (ending in -a), and Portuguese retained this feminine gender along with the -a ending when Latin words evolved into the modern language.

What is the Portuguese word for lives?

The Portuguese word for lives is as vidas — feminine.

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