liquidas

Liquidas is the feminine plural form of the Spanish and Portuguese adjective líquido, used to describe substances or phases that are in a liquid state. It agrees with feminine plural nouns, as in sustancias líquidas or fases líquidas, and is not typically used as a stand-alone noun.

Etymology and cognates: Liquidas derives from Latin liquidus, meaning flowing or fluid. In Romance languages, related forms appear as líquido in Spanish and Portuguese, liquide in French, and liquido in Italian. The feminine plural liquidas reflects gender and number agreement within these languages.

Usage and contexts: In science, industry, and everyday language, liquidas appears in phrases that identify fluids or liquid substances. The masculine counterpart is líquido or líquidos for masculine nouns and plural forms. Examples include Spanish substances like las sustancias líquidas and las fases líquidas, and Portuguese examples like as substâncias líquidas and as fases líquidas. The term is common in descriptions of the physical state of matter when the noun it modifies is feminine and plural.

See also: Liquid state, Liquids, Viscosity, Density, Physical properties of matter.