🇵🇹 portugais

colegas

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masculine

os colegas

colleagues

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colegas
/us koˈlɛɡɐs/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on colegas en portugais ?

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/us koˈlɛɡɐs/

How do you pronounce colegas in portugais?

colegas is pronounced /us koˈlɛɡɐs/ 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 ?

Colegas 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 colleagues en portugais ?

En portugais, colleagues se dit os colegas — masculine.

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