🇵🇹 portoghese

colega

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masculine

o colega

colleague

Try it

colega
/u koˈlɛɡɐ/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice colega in portoghese?

AFI
/u koˈlɛɡɐ/

How do you pronounce colega in portoghese?

colega is pronounced /u koˈlɛɡɐ/ in portoghese.

Frasi di esempio

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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Perché è 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.

Come si dice colleague in portoghese?

In portoghese, colleague si dice o colega — masculine.

Genere nelle altre lingue

LinguaParolaArticoloGenere
🇫🇷 Frenchcollèguelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishcolegaelmasculine

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