No. 2,857 in Portuguese
ciências
"Ciências" means "sciences."
In a sentence
Eu adoro estudar ciências na escola.
I love studying sciences at school.
The word 'ciências' is used to refer broadly to scientific subject matter in an educational context.
As ciências naturais incluem disciplinas como biologia e química.
Natural sciences include disciplines like biology and chemistry.
Here, 'ciências' specifies a category of sciences, in this case, ones related to nature and physical world.
O avanço das ciências beneficia toda a sociedade.
The advancement of sciences benefits the entire society.
In this sentence, 'ciências' refers to the collective scientific fields contributing to societal development.
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