How Do I Remember Male And Female Portuguese Words?

Problem
Is it o or a?

Answers
the plate - o prato

How do I remember it has an r instead of an l and o twice?

Plate has only one a. It is shaped like a circle, in fact with a rim like two circles, one outside the other.

EngLish pLate but PoRtuguese pRato
o prato - the plate

Author
Angela Lansbury, teacher of English and other languages.