"As folhas são vermelhas."
Translation:The sheets are red.
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Clarification: This does not apply to bedsheets! Those are called "lençóis" (lençol is the singular form). Folhas means paper sheets or leaves.
I guess she edited the original answer, the clue being Clarification.
Portuguese is a romance language, like French. The corresponding word in French is feuille which means either a leaf or a sheet of paper.
See also the latin "folio", used in printing.
Interesting tidbit: "Leaf" can also apply to paper, but typically only in the phrase "loose leaf paper". It's rare to hear it used anywhere else in the context of paper. It was only after learning the word "folha" that I realized where the phrase "loose leaf" came from!
But there is no context here. We just have the one sentence, with no context to tell us whether "leaves" or "sheets" is the more likely English translation. Thankfully, both are accepted as correct.
Not sure if people use this outside of canada but sheets of non-bound paper are refered to as loose leaf
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I thought folhas were leaves, not sheets. There is no "leaves" possibility for an answer.
There are both, as already mentioned in this discussion. Since you were in an exercise were the only possible choice was sheets you have learnt another meaning for folhas the easy way!