Howdy, everyone! Ready to learn Portuguese? In Today’s Dica we are going to study the masculine words ending in á in Portuguese.
As we can see in our list, all the words ending in á, with an acute accent, are masculine in Portuguese. This is different from the words ending in a with no accent that are mostly feminine.
List of masculine words ending in á in Portuguese
| O sofá | The sofa | |
| O Canadá | Canada | |
| O Amapá | Amapá | |
| O jacarandá | Rosewood Tree | |
| O Panamá | Panamá | |
| O carcará | Carcará | |
| O guaraná | Guaraná | |
| O tafetá | Taffeta | |
| O cajá | Cajá |
Now, let’s take a look at examples with some of the words from our list:
Examples
Nós compramos um sofá muito confortável.
We bought a very comfortable sofa.
Atrás da minha casa tem o jacarandá mais bonito que eu já vi.
Behind my house there is the most beautiful jacaranda I’ve ever seen.
O carcará é um animal da mesma família dos falcões.
The carcará is a bird from the same family as the falcon.
Ricardo adora comer pizza e beber guaraná.
Ricardo loves to eat pizza and drink guaraná.
Marta comprou um lindo vestido de tafetá.
Marta bought a beautiful taffeta dress.
Quando eu era criança comia muito cajá com sal.
When I was a kid I used to eat cajá fruit with salt.
Remember! The accent helps you to know if the word is masculine or feminine, ok? Now you won’t be confused anymore!
So, see you in our next A Dica do Dia!
Hugs from the Rio & Learn team from Copacabana!
Click on the links below to see more related Dicas
Genders in Portuguese
Words ending in Ção in Portuguese
Plural of the words ending in L
Plural of the words ending in ão
