quarenta

Portuguese

Portuguese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : quarenta
    Ordinal : quadragésimo
Portuguese Wikipedia article on quarenta

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quareenta, quaraenta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from earlier *kʷetwr̥-dḱomt (“four-ten”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kwɐ.ˈɾẽ.tɐ/
  • Hyphenation: qua‧ren‧ta

Numeral

quarenta m, f

  1. forty.

Noun

quarenta m (plural quarentas)

  1. forty.

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: korenta, kuarenta
  • Indo-Portuguese: corent, quorenta, correntè, currento
  • Kabuverdianu: korénta
  • Kadiwéu: cwareenta
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: korɛ̃t
  • Kristang: korenta
  • Principense: kwarenta
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