Singular or plural?

Portuguese Questions Grammar
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In section ‘Adjectives’ lesson 2 it says “A roupa e os sapatos sao feios” The clothes and the shoes are ugly.
Why not “As roupas” for the plural
Thanks. David

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@davidgrossart281, you can also use as roupas, but it is more idiomatic for us to use the singular roupa anyway to refer to all the pieces of clothing as a whole, since it works as a collective noun.

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:+1::+1::+1: Thanks Joseph

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