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Practice o parque de estacionamento

Practice the word with its article: o parque de estacionamento, car park. In European Portuguese, the article 'o' helps show that parque de estacionamento is masculine singular.

English
car park
Say together
o parque de estacionamento
Gender cue
'o' = masculine singular
Plural
os parques de estacionamento

Portuguese nouns have grammatical gender. The article is included here so children learn the sound of the word and its gender pattern together, instead of treating the article as an extra grammar detail later.

There are useful patterns, but gender is not perfectly predictable from spelling and there are edge cases. The dictionary links below are there for adults who want to check the full entry, grammar details, or pronunciation notes.

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