{"id":4682,"date":"2013-05-07T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=4682"},"modified":"2013-05-06T18:08:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T18:08:30","slug":"how-to-make-nouns-plural-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/how-to-make-nouns-plural-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Nouns Plural in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In today’s post I’m going to show you how to make nouns plural in Portuguese. It’s not difficult, but you need to follow some rules.<\/p>\n

Are you ready to start?<\/p>\n

01. Words ending in vowels, just add an -s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

cama [bed]<\/em> – camas [beds]<\/em>
\ntia [aunt]<\/em> – tias [aunts]<\/em>
\ncaderno [notebook]<\/em> – cadernos [notebooks]<\/em>
\np\u00e9 [foot]<\/em> – p\u00e9s [feet]<\/em><\/p>\n

02. Words ending in “r” “s” or “z”, just add the “es” ending.<\/strong><\/p>\n

cobertor [blanket]<\/em> – cobertores [blankets]<\/em>
\nm\u00eas [month]<\/em> – meses [months]<\/em>
\nnariz [nose]<\/em> – narizes [noses]<\/em>
\nluz [light]<\/em> – luzes [lights]<\/em><\/p>\n

03. Words ending in -al, -el, -il, -ol.<\/strong><\/p>\n

sinal [sign]<\/em> – sinais [signs]<\/em>
\ncapital [capital]<\/em> – capitais [capitals]<\/em><\/p>\n

hotel [hotel]<\/em> – hoteis [hotels]<\/em>
\nanel [ring]<\/em> – aneis [rings]<\/em><\/p>\n

funil [funnel]<\/em> – funis [funnels]<\/em>
\nbarril [barrel]<\/em> – barris [barrels]<\/em><\/p>\n

farol [lighthouse]<\/em> – far\u00f3is [lighthouses]<\/em>
\nlen\u00e7ol [sheet]<\/em> – len\u00e7\u00f3is [sheets]<\/em><\/p>\n

04. Words ending in “\u00e3o”<\/strong><\/p>\n

irm\u00e3o [brother]<\/em> – irm\u00e3os [brothers]<\/em>
\nm\u00e3o [hand]<\/em> – m\u00e3os [hand]<\/em><\/p>\n

c\u00e3o [dog]<\/em> – c\u00e3es [dogs]<\/em>
\nmans\u00e3o [mansion]<\/em> – mans\u00f5es [mansions]<\/em>
\np\u00e3o [bread]<\/em> – p\u00e3es [bread]<\/em><\/p>\n

organiza\u00e7\u00e3o [organization]<\/em> – organiza\u00e7\u00f5es [organizations]<\/em>
\ngavi\u00e3o [hawk]<\/em> – gavi\u00f5es [hawks]<\/em>
\navi\u00e3o [airplane]<\/em> – avi\u00f5es [airplanes]<\/em><\/p>\n

05. Words ending in -em.<\/strong><\/p>\n

trem [train]<\/em> – trens [trains]<\/em>
\nnuvem [cloud]<\/em> – nuvens [clouds]<\/em><\/p>\n

06. Some words are always plural and they’re conjugated with a plural verb.<\/strong><\/p>\n

as cal\u00e7as [pants]<\/em>
\nas f\u00e9rias [vacation]<\/em>
\nas costas [back – body part]<\/em>
\nos \u00f3culos [glasses]<\/em>
\nos parab\u00e9ns [congratulations]<\/em><\/p>\n

There are some more complex plural forms, but we are going to get into that today. A good tip is to pay attention to when plural words are used when you are reading a text, listening to a dialogue or speaking in Portuguese.<\/p>\n

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In today’s post I’m going to show you how to make nouns plural in Portuguese. It’s not difficult, but you need to follow some rules. Are you ready to start? 01. Words ending in vowels, just add an -s. cama [bed] – camas [beds] tia [aunt] – tias [aunts] caderno [notebook] – cadernos [notebooks] p\u00e9…<\/p>\n

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