🇵🇹 portoghese

colegas

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

os colegas

colleagues

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colegas
/us koˈlɛɡɐs/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice colegas in portoghese?

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/us koˈlɛɡɐs/

How do you pronounce colegas in portoghese?

colegas is pronounced /us koˈlɛɡɐs/ 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?

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.

Come si dice colleagues in portoghese?

In portoghese, colleagues si dice os colegas — masculine.

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