"The clothes"

Translation: As roupas

[melesana]

When we were asked to choose the word that matched the image, and asked to choose the article, the options were a and o, no plural possibilities. What's the difference between a roupa and as roupas?

[Ana_Is_A_Bel]

a roupa is singular, as roupas or just roupas, is plural. when you are talking about one piece of clothes or about a look you use roupa, when it os about lots of clothes that are not been used you say roupas. for example: guarda roupas.

[floralabortion]

A roupa and as roupas are inter changeable, although a roupa is more frequently used. They both translate to "the clothes"

[Joannasuk]

I would like to know this too!

[jwierz]

I just failed the lesson because of these two!

[paulinem]

I think a roupa is correct, according to what we have been taught so far - and the dictionary!

[tshakes3]

To me it seems as if they are interchangable.

[Archie28]

They are interchangable only in certain situations. A roupa is really like saying "clothing" as roupas is more like "the clothes". In other words, a roupa would refer to all clothing that exists whereas as roupas would usually refer to specific clothes that the speaker and listeners are aware of.

[niagy]

Can a native speaker clarify the pronunciation please? It sounds like hopas, but I think it should be more like rhou-pas, with a soft pronunciation of the r. Is this correct?

[LoredanaDascalu]

R at the beggining of the word is pronounced H- ha, he hi, ho. In the middle you pronounce R. Hope it helps

[Davu]

You can listen to native speaker pronunciation here: http://www.forvo.com/word/roupas/#pt

[AScholarlyFrog]

I put in roupas...like it said...but it was wrong? It was o vestidos?

[Paulenrique]

Os vestidos = the dresses.

[User3rr0r]

Is As roupas and A roupa both accepted? In english clothes can be both singular or plural when given no context. Same thing with jeans.