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How to Say ‘The colours are lovely!’ in Portuguese

As cores são lindas!

azh KOH-resh sowng LEEN-dahsh

[azh KOH-resh sowng LEEN-dahsh]

💬 Usage Tip: lindas ends in -as to match as cores, which is feminine and plural. Said of a single costume, it would be lindo.

Phrase Breakdown

As cores

azh KOH-resh

The colours

The final 's' sounds like 'sh': 'ush KOH-rush'.

Example

Gosto das cores.

I like the colours.

Words in this phrase

[azh]

the

Plural feminine definite article, used before feminine plural nouns.

Example

As pessoas parecem abertas a perguntas no evento.

The people seem open to questions at the event.

cores

[KOH-resh]

colors

Plural of 'cor'; a feminine noun.

Example

O arco-íris tem muitas cores.

The rainbow has many colors.

são lindas!

sowng LEEN-dahsh

are beautiful!

'São' is a nasal 'sowng'. 'Lindas' is the feminine plural, matching 'cores': 'LEEN-dush'.

Example

As flores são lindas!

The flowers are beautiful!

Words in this phrase

são

[sowng]

are

Third person plural of 'ser', to be.

Example

Eles são portugueses.

They are Portuguese.

lindas

[LEEN-dahsh]

beautiful

Feminine plural of 'lindo', a strong word for pretty.

Example

As flores são lindas.

The flowers are beautiful.

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