🇵🇹 portugués

colega

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o colega

colleague

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colega
/u koˈlɛɡɐ/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice colega en portugués?

AFI
/u koˈlɛɡɐ/

How do you pronounce colega in portugués?

colega is pronounced /u koˈlɛɡɐ/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

O colega novo chegou atrasado na reunião.

The new colleague arrived late to the meeting.

Meu colega brasileiro é muito competente e dedicado.

My Brazilian colleague is very competent and dedicated.

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¿Por qué es masculine?

Colega is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "collega," which was grammatically masculine. A compound of "com-" (with) and "legere" (to choose or elect), it originally referred to a co-official in Roman administration. The masculine gender persisted through Portuguese despite the word's -a ending, which typically marks feminine nouns. In modern usage, "colega" can refer to colleagues of any gender, but the grammatical gender remains masculine.

¿Cómo se dice colleague en portugués?

En portugués, colleague se dice o colega — masculine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇫🇷 Frenchcollèguelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishcolegaelmasculine

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