How do I form the plural of Portuguese nouns?

💡 The general rule when forming the plural of a Portuguese noun is to add an 's' to the end of the word.

💬 e.g.
🇵🇹 cidade – 🇬🇧 city
🇵🇹 cidades – 🇬🇧 cities
🇵🇹 rua – 🇬🇧 street
🇵🇹 ruas – 🇬🇧 streets

There are exceptions to this rule:

Here are simple ways to remember them:

Overview of the exceptions to forming plural nouns
Nouns ending in -ão form their plural with -ões.
a informação	the information	as informações	the information
Nouns ending in -r, -s or -z form their plural by adding -es.
o mar a dor o país o noz	the sea the pain the land the nut	os mares as dores os países os nozes	the seas the pains the countries the nuts
Nouns ending in -al, -el, -ol and -ul change their ending to -is to form the plural. When ending in unstressed -el or -ol → put an accent on the -é or -ó.
o canal o anel o hotel	the canal the ring the hotel	os canais os anéis os hotéis	the canals the rings the hotels
Nouns ending in -m change the -m to-ns to form their plural.
o fim a paragem	the ending the stop, the station	os fins as paragens	the endings the stops, the stations

➠ The “cases” in Portuguese

Portuguese grammar

Introduction

Portuguese grammar in a nutshell

Nouns

Portuguese nouns

Nouns

Identifying grammatical gender

Nouns

Building the plural

Nouns

Cases in Portuguese

Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives in Portuguese

Adjectives & Adverbs

Placement within sentences

Adjectives & Adverbs

1st comparison: comparative

Adjectives & Adverbs

2nd comparison: superlative

Adjectives & Adverbs

Irregular comparison

Verbs

Verb system: infinitive

Verbs

Verb stem

Verbs

Important verbs: ser and estar

Verbs

Present tense

Verbs

Present participle (gerúndio)

Verbs

Past tense (PPS)

Verbs

Imperfect (pretérito imperfeito)

Verbs

Particípio passado

Pretérito Perfeito Composto (PPC)

Verbs

Pretérito Mais-Que-Perfeito

Verbs

Future tense

Passive (voz passiva)

Subjuntivo in Portuguese

Use of the subjuntivo

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Pronouns

Relative Pronoun: que

Pronouns

Prepositions: para/por

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