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 Feminine | Brazilian Feminine |
| Feminine | Feminino |
| he is happy | ele está feliz |
| she is happy | ela está feliz |
| he is American | ele é americano |
| she is American | ela é americana |
| |
| man | homem |
| woman | mulher |
| father | pai |
| mother | mãe |
| brother | irmão |
| sister | irmã |
| uncle | tio |
| aunt | tia |
| bull | touro |
| cow | vaca |
| boy | menino |
| girl | menina |
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 Vocabulary | Brazilian Vocabulary |
| objects | objetos |
| bathroom | banheiro |
| bed | cama |
| bedroom | quarto |
| ceiling | teto |
| chair | cadeira |
| clothes | roupas |
| coat | casaco |
| cup | xícara |
| desk | escrivaninha |
| dress | vestido |
| floor | andar |
| fork | garfo |
| furniture | móveis |
| glass | vidro |
| hat | chapéu |
| house | casa |
| ink | tinta |
| jacket | jaqueta |
| kitchen | cozinha |
| knife | faca |
| lamp | lâmpada |
| letter | carta |
| map | mapa |
| newspaper | jornal |
| notebook | caderno |
| pants | calças |
| paper | papel |
| pen | caneta |
| pencil | lápis |
| pharmacy | farmácia |
| picture | fotografia, quadro |
| plate | chapa |
| refrigerator | geladeira |
| restaurant | restaurante |
| roof | telhado |
| room | quarto |
| rug | tapete |
| scissors | tesoura |
| shampoo | xampu |
| shirt | camisa |
| shoes | sapatos |
| soap | sabão, sabonete |
| socks | meias |
| spoon | colher |
| table | mesa |
| toilet | toalete |
| toothbrush | escova de dentes |
| toothpaste | creme dental |
| towel | toalha |
| umbrella | guarda-chuva |
| underwear | roupa íntima |
| wall | parede |
| wallet | carteira |
| window | janela |
| telephone | telefone |
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.