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  1. Portuguese (Portugal)
  2. /Plural diminutives (-zinhos, -zinhas)
  3. /a areia

a areia

a areia
the sand
From Lesson 413:Plural diminutives (-zinhos, -zinhas)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Usages of a areia

Ainda que tenhas musgo e areia, precisas de carvõezinhos para a humidade.
Even if you have moss and sand, you need little charcoals for the humidity.
Os carvõezinhos estão misturados com a areia.
The little charcoals are mixed with the sand.
O castelo de areia desfaz-se ao fim de alguns minutos, por causa da maré.
The sandcastle falls apart after a few minutes, because of the tide.
Os camelos não sobem senão aquela duna de areia.
The camels climb nothing but that sand dune.
Eles andam a cruzar a vastidão de areia há dois dias.
They have been crossing the vastness of sand for two days.

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