Plural Endings to Portuguese Nouns Ending in -ão

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Nouns ending in the nasal diphthong ‘-ão’ are quite common in Portuguese. While one might assume these nouns form their plural by simply adding an ‘s’—resulting in ‘-ãos’—this is not the most frequent plural pattern. In fact, in most cases, the plural spelling will be different.

Here are the plural forms of Portuguese nouns ending in ‘-ão’. Notice that the first pattern is the most common.

ões /õjʃ/

Examples:

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situação → situações
cartão → cartões
união → uniões
…

ães /ãjʃ/

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pão → pães
cão → cães
alemão → alemães
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aõs /ãwʃ/

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mão → mãos
irmão → irmãos
órgão → órgãos
…

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