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As televisões são muito caras.

As televisões são muito caras.
The televisions are very expensive.
From Lesson 40:Plurals ending in -ão (-ões, -ãos, -ães)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about As televisões são muito caras.

How do we know to use televisões instead of televisãos?
Most words ending in -ão change to -ões in the plural. This is especially true for words ending in -ção or -são, like televisão. While there are some words that take -ãos or -ães, -ões is the most common pattern you will see.
Why is it As televisões? Doesn't the -ão ending usually mean a word is masculine?
While many words ending in -ão are masculine, words ending specifically in -ção or -são are almost always feminine. Because televisão is feminine, we use the feminine plural article As and the feminine plural adjective caras.
Why doesn't the word muito change to match the feminine plural caras?
In this sentence, muito means "very" and describes how expensive they are. When it is used to mean "very", it acts as an adverb and its form never changes. It only changes to muita, muitos, or muitas when it describes a noun, meaning "much" or "many" (for example, muitas televisões would mean "many televisions").
Why do we use são instead of estão?
We use são (from the verb ser) because being expensive is being described as a general, built-in fact about these televisions. We use the verb estar (like estão) for temporary conditions or locations.

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