Plurals ending in -ões
Most Portuguese nouns and adjectives ending in -ão form their plural by changing the ending to -ões. There is no strict rule to predict the exact plural of every -ão word, so you will need to learn them as you encounter them. Luckily, -ões is by far the most common!
| I buy lemons at the supermarket. | Eu compro limões no supermercado. |
| The airplanes leave today. | Os aviões partem hoje. |
| The televisions are very expensive. | As televisões são muito caras. |
This pattern applies to a wide variety of words, whether they are masculine or feminine.
| Your opinions are good. | As tuas opiniões são boas. |
| They have good professions. | Eles têm boas profissões. |
Plurals ending in -ãos
For some words ending in -ão, you simply add an -s to the end, forming -ãos. This group includes certain common everyday words and categories of people.
| Your hands are small. | As tuas mãos são pequenas. |
| They are American citizens. | Eles são cidadãos americanos. |
Plurals ending in -ães
Finally, a smaller group of words changes the -ão to -ães in the plural. You will often see this ending used for nationalities and titles.
| Do the Germans speak English? | Os alemães falam inglês? |
| The captains are tired today. | Os capitães estão cansados hoje. |
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