In Portuguese, the definite article is usually used with countries. For countries that have feminine gender, the articles a (singular) and as (plural) are used, and for countries that have masculine gender, the articles o (singular) and os (plural) are used. However, with a number of countries, no article is used.
Here is a list of countries with the definite article and with no article:
A Albânia Albania
A Alemanha Germany
A Argentina Argentina
A China China
A Espanha Spain
As Filipinas Philippines
A Jamaica Jamaica
A Noruega Norway
A Polônia Poland
A Tailândia Thailand
O Brasil Brazil
O Canadá Canada
O Chile Chile
O Egito Egypt
Os Estados Unidos United States
O Irã Iran
O Japão Japan
O México Mexico
O Peru Peru
O Vietnã Vietnam
Angola Angola
Bangladesh Bangladesh
Chipre Cyprus
Cingapura Singapore
Cuba Cuba
El Salvador El Salvador
Israel Israel
Malta Malta
Portugal Portugal
Uganda Uganda
It is common to use the definite article with countries in Portuguese. The definite article has four forms: masculine singular, masculine plural, feminine singular and feminine plural. A number of countries, however, have no article.
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