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Definite articles in Portuguese (o, os, a, as) are equivalent to the English word "the" but vary based on the gender and number of nouns. Masculine singular is "o", masculine plural is "os", feminine singular is "a", and feminine plural is "as". Indefinite articles (um, uma) are equivalent to English "a" and "an" and also vary based on gender - masculine is "um" and feminine is "uma". The indefinite articles also have plural forms, uns and umas, which translate to "some".

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Definite articles in Portuguese (o, os, a, as) are equivalent to the English word "the" but vary based on the gender and number of nouns. Masculine singular is "o", masculine plural is "os", feminine singular is "a", and feminine plural is "as". Indefinite articles (um, uma) are equivalent to English "a" and "an" and also vary based on gender - masculine is "um" and feminine is "uma". The indefinite articles also have plural forms, uns and umas, which translate to "some".

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Definite articles are the equivalent to the English word


the, however, in Portuguese they can vary depending on
gender and number.
Every single object, idea or person in Portuguese is
either masculine or feminine, except for very particular
cases. The definite article helps you then to determine if
the noun is:
feminine = a
masculine = o
plural feminine = as
plural masculine = os.
Examples:
o travesseiro = the pillow (masculine singular)
os travesseiros = the pillows (masculine plural)
a cama = the bed (feminine singular)
as camas = the beds (feminine plural)

AND THE INDEFINITE ARTICLES?

They also have genders, matching the English words "a"


and "an":
masculine = um
feminine = uma
Examples:
um carro = a car
um ovo = an egg
uma casa = a house
uma hora = an hour
Note: Portuguese doesn't have different words
depending on the next word's beginning, so both "a" and
"an" translate the same (um or uma depending only on
gender).

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The indefinite articles also have plural forms: uns and
umas (masculine and feminine). Their meaning,
however, is "some":
Uns livros = some books
Umas palavras = some words

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