queda – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of queda

Noun: queda
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular fqueda
Plural fquedas

Sample Sentences

  • O orgulho antecede a queda. (Pride comes before a fall.)
  • Houve uma queda de temperatura depois da chuva. (There was a drop in temperature after the rain.)
  • Como aconteceu a queda do avião? (How did the plane crash come about?)
  • A garota não tinha queda para música. (The girl had no talent for music.)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese caeda, from Vulgar Latin *cadeta (“a falling, drop”) feminine past participle of *cadescere, from Latin cadere. Compare Spanish caída. See: Latin Nouns 'cadere', Spanish Nouns 'caída'.

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