🇵🇹 portugais

colega

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masculine

o colega

colleague

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colega
/u koˈlɛɡɐ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on colega en portugais ?

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/u koˈlɛɡɐ/

How do you pronounce colega in portugais?

colega is pronounced /u koˈlɛɡɐ/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

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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Pourquoi est-ce 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.

Comment dit-on colleague en portugais ?

En portugais, colleague se dit o colega — masculine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇫🇷 Frenchcollèguelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishcolegaelmasculine

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