Brazilian Feminine

Brazilian Feminine

If you're trying to learn Brazilian Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Brazilian grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Brazilian. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

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Brazilian Feminine

Learning the Brazilian Feminine is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Brazilian language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Brazilian.

Brazilian feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:

English FeminineBrazilian Feminine
FeminineFeminino
he is happyele está feliz
she is happyela está feliz
he is Americanele é americano
she is Americanela é americana
manhomem
womanmulher
fatherpai
mothermãe
brotherirmão
sisterirmã
uncletio
aunttia
bulltouro
cowvaca
boymenino
girlmenina

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Feminine in Brazilian has a logical pattern. Locate the Feminine above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Portuguese.

List of Feminine in Brazilian

Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Brazilian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Brazilian vocabulary.

English VocabularyBrazilian Vocabulary
objectsobjetos
bathroombanheiro
bedcama
bedroomquarto
ceilingteto
chaircadeira
clothesroupas
coatcasaco
cupxícara
deskescrivaninha
dressvestido
floorandar
forkgarfo
furnituremóveis
glassvidro
hatchapéu
housecasa
inktinta
jacketjaqueta
kitchencozinha
knifefaca
lamplâmpada
lettercarta
mapmapa
newspaperjornal
notebookcaderno
pantscalças
paperpapel
pencaneta
pencillápis
pharmacyfarmácia
picturefotografia, quadro
platechapa
refrigeratorgeladeira
restaurantrestaurante
rooftelhado
roomquarto
rugtapete
scissorstesoura
shampooxampu
shirtcamisa
shoessapatos
soapsabão, sabonete
socksmeias
spooncolher
tablemesa
toilettoalete
toothbrushescova de dentes
toothpastecreme dental
toweltoalha
umbrellaguarda-chuva
underwearroupa íntima
wallparede
walletcarteira
windowjanela
telephonetelefone

Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Brazilian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Portuguese Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Brazilian lessons here: Learn Brazilian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.

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