triste – Portuguese adjective declension

Portuguese adjective forms of triste

Adjective: triste

Hyphenation:
Singular m.triste
Singular f.triste
Plural m.tristes
Plural f.tristes

Sample Sentences

  • Eles estavam tristes porque o inverno começou. (They were sad because winter had begun.)
  • Era um filme bastante triste. (It was quite a sad film.)
  • Estou muito triste com você. (I’m really disappointed with you.)
  • A situação das escolas é triste. (The situation of the schools is lamentable.)

Adjectives inflected like triste

ionizante, semita, gremista, polarizante, sapeca, militante, sacana, sainte, classicista, sovina, somali, soante, solene, activista, belmontense, monolingue, apaixonante, humanoide, felgueirense, aglutinante, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese triste, presumably a borrowing from Latin trīstis. See: Latin Adjectives 'trīstis'.

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