Portuguese Lessons

Aprenda Português

Plural in Portuguese

General Rule – Regra Geral

Words ending in vowels – add “s”

Words ending in “ão” – Substantivos terminados em “ão”

There are 3 alternatives (depeding on the word):

Words ending in “L” – Substantivos terminados em “L”

Ending in al, el, ol or ul – change the “l” for “is”

Words ending in “m” – Substantivos terminados em “m”

Change “m” for “ns”

Singular

Plural

Translation

Nuvem

nuvens

cloud – clouds

Trem

trens

train – trains

Words ending in “r”, “s” or “z” – Substantivos terminados em “r”, “s” ou “z”

Add – “es”

Words used in the plural form – Substantivos usados somente no plural

· as calças - pants

· as costas - back (part of the body)

· os óculos - glasses

· os parabéns – congratulations

· as férias - vacation