Substantivos terminados em vogal ou em Ditongo oral formam plural acrescentando a letra “s” no final da palavra:
The Nouns ended in vowel or oral diphthong make plural adding the letter “s” in the end of the singular word. |
| gato (cat) | gatos (plural of cat/cats) |
| pato (duck) | patos (plural of duck/ducks) |
| peixe(fish) | peixes (plural of fish/fishes) |
| carro (car) | carros (plural of car/cars) |
| casa (house) | casas (plural of house/houses) |
Substantivos terminados em “r” ou “z” formam o plural acrescentando “es” `a palavra no singular:
The Nouns ended in ‘r” or “z” make plural adding the “es” in the singular word. |
| colher (spoon) | colheres (plural of spoon/spoons) |
| cruz (cross) | cruzes (plural of cross/crosses) |
| abajur (lampshade) | abajures (plural of lampshade/lampshades) |
| prazer (pleasure) | prazeres (plural of pleasure) |
| bazar (bazaar) | bazares (plural of bazaar/bazaars) |
Substantivos terminados em “al”, “el”, “ol”, “ul” formam o plural trocando aletra “l” por “is”:
The Nouns ended in “al”, “el”, ”ol”, “ul” make plural taking out the letter “l” from the end of the word and putting the “is”. |
| papel (paper) | papéis (plural of paper/papers) |
| pombal (dove house) | pombais (plural of dove house) |
| mel (honey) | méis (plural of honey) |
| túnel (tunnel) | túneis (plural of tunnel) |
| chapéu (hat) | chapéis (plural of hat/hats) |
Substantivos OXÍTONOS terminados em “il” formam o plural trocando o “il” por “is”:
The oxytone noun ended with “il” make plural taking out the “il” and changing it to “is”. |
| funil ( funnel) | funis (plural of funnel/funnels) |
| fuzil (rifle) | fuzis (plural of rifle/rifles) |
| anil (indigo) | anis (plural of indigo) |
Substantivos PAROXÍTONOS terminados em “il” formam o plural trocando o “il” por “eis”.
The paroxytone nouns ended with “il” make plural taking out the “il” and changing it to “eis”. |
| fóssil (fossil) | fósseis (plural of fossil/fossils) |
| réptil (reptile) | répteis (plural of reptile/reptiles) |
| útil (useful) | úteis (plural of useful) |
Substantivos terminados em “m” fazem plural trocando o “m” por “ns”.
The nouns ended in “m” make plural taking out the letter “m” in the end of the word and putting “ns”. |
| nuvem (cloud) | nuvens (plural of ucloud/clouds) |
| som (sound) | sons (plural of sound/sounds) |
| refém (hostage) | reféns (plural of hostage) |
| bombom (bonbon) | bombons (plural of bonbon/bonbons) |
| vagem (green bean) | vagens (plural of green bean) |
Substantivos MONOSSÍLABOS e OXÍTONOS terminados em “s” fazem o plural acrescentando “es” nas palavras:
The Monosyllables and Oxytones ended in “s” make plural adding “es” to the word. |
| mês (month) | meses (plural of green month/months) |
| país (Country) | países (plural of green Country/Countries) |
| Deus (God) | Deuses (plural of green God) |
| freguês (customer) | freguêses (plural of customer/customers) |
| vagem(green bean) | vagens (plural of green bean) |
Substantivos PAROXÍTONOS e PROPAROXÍTONOS terminados em “s” sao INVARIÁVEIS:
The Paroxytone Noun and Proparoxytone Noun ended in ‘s” do INVARIABLE . |
| o pires (the saucer) | os pires ( the saucers) |
| o vírus(the virus) | os vírus( the viruses) |
| o ônibus (the bus) | os ônibus (the buses) |
| o atlas (the atlas) | os atlas (the atlases) |
| a íris(the iris) | as íris (the irises) |
Substantivos terminados em “x” sao usualmente INVARIÁVEIS:
The nouns ended in “x” usually are invariables. |
| o tórax (the thorax) | os tórax (the thoraxes) |
| a fênix (the phoenix) | as fênix ( the phoenixes) |
Substantivos terminados em “ao” podem formar o plural acrescentando “s”, outros mais numerosos mudam o “ao” pelo “oes”, também formam plural trocando o “ao” por “aes”:
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| mão (hand) | mãos (hands) |
| irmõ (brother) | irmãos (brothers) |
| limão (lemon) | limões (lemons) |
| botão (button) | botões (buttons) |
| melão (melon) | melões (melons) |
| pão (bread) | pães (breads) |
| guardião ( guardian) | guradiães (guardians) |