🇵🇹 Portuguese

ansiedade

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 ansiedade

anxiety

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ansiedade
/a ɐ̃sjeˈdadʒi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ansiedade in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ɐ̃sjeˈdadʒi/

How do you pronounce ansiedade in Portuguese?

ansiedade is pronounced /a ɐ̃sjeˈdadʒi/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A ansiedade constante afetou sua saúde mental profundamente.

The constant anxiety affected her mental health profoundly.

Sua ansiedade excessiva tornou-a incapaz de dormir bem à noite.

Her excessive anxiety made her unable to sleep well at night.

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Why is it feminine?

Ansiedade is feminine because it derives from Latin "anxietas" (feminine noun ending in -tas), and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the suffix -dade, which consistently produces feminine nouns in the language. The Latin -tas ending regularly became -dade in Portuguese while retaining feminine gender.

What is the Portuguese word for anxiety?

The Portuguese word for anxiety is a ansiedade — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchanxiétél'feminine
🇪🇸 Spanishinquietudlafeminine

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