🇵🇹 portugués

família

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

a família

family

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família
/a faˈmiliɐ/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice família en portugués?

AFI
/a faˈmiliɐ/

How do you pronounce família in portugués?

família is pronounced /a faˈmiliɐ/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

A família brasileira é muito unida e tradicional.

The Brazilian family is very united and traditional. (feminine adjectives 'unida' and 'tradicional' agree with feminine noun 'família')

Minha família inteira foi convidada para a celebração especial.

My entire family was invited to the special celebration. (adjectives 'inteira' and 'especial' must be feminine to agree with 'família')

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¿Por qué es feminine?

Família is feminine because it derives from Latin "familia," which was grammatically feminine in Latin's first declension (not second declension) patterns, and this gender was preserved as Portuguese evolved from Vulgar Latin. The word's femininity reflects the Latin grammatical system rather than any semantic reasoning about families themselves.

¿Cómo se dice family en portugués?

En portugués, family se dice a família — feminine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇫🇷 Frenchfamillelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishfamilialafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianfamiglialafeminine

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