Even those who have the language as their mother tongue get confused from time to time.
Some words in Portuguese seem easy to get the plural right, especially because you just need to put the “S” at the end, but in fact, they hide tricks that catch a lot of people by surprise.
Even those who have Portuguese as their mother tongue get confused from time to time.
After all, it is full of rules, exceptions and gotchas.
6 words in Portuguese that most people miss the plural of
1. Rice
It may sound strange, but if you think the plural of rice is “rice”, you’re right!
Many people think that this word does not have a plural, but it does.
2. Citizen
Here, doubt is common!
The plural of citizen is citizens, not “citizens”.
This incorrect form makes sense to those who are used to words like “bread” (which turns into bread), but, in the case of citizens, the rule is different.
3. Hand
It may seem easy but it’s not that simple.
Actually “hands” is the plural of “hand”.
But be careful! Some words ending in “ão” do not follow this form.
For example, “plane” becomes “airplanes” and “Christian” becomes “Christians”.
4. Bread
This is classic! The plural of “bread” is loaves, not “puts” or “loaves”.
As we said before, words ending in “ão” can form the plural in different ways.
Therefore, this is one of the words in Portuguese that generate the most doubts.
5. Chess
“I played two chess yesterday.” This sentence is wrong! The correct thing to say is “I played chess yesterday”.
This is because “chess” is a noun that does not have a plural. The same happens with words like “pencil” and “faith”.
6. Sol
After all, is there more than one sun? Not in our solar system.
But on other systems, yes! If we are talking about stars, the plural of “sun” is suns.
This is a curious case, as many people think that “sun” does not have a plural.
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