fala – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of fala

Noun: fala
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular ffala
Plural ffalas
uncountable

Sample Sentences

  • É importante analisar a fala da personagem. (It is important to analyse what the character said.)
  • Justo na hora de sua apresentação, ele esqueceu sua fala. (Right at the time of his presentation, he forgot his line.)
  • Sua fala é muito engraçada. (Your way of speaking is very funny.)
  • A fala dele é sempre arrastada assim? (Is his pronunciation always so slurred?)
  • Meu pai sempre tem a fala grave. (My father always has a serious tone.)
  • A fala do Norte é diferente daquela do Sul. (The northern dialect is different from the southern one.)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula (“discourse, narrative”). Doublet of fábula, a learned borrowing. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'fala', Latin Nouns 'fābula'.

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