🇵🇹 Portuguese

casa

feminine

a casa

house

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casa
/a ˈkazɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say casa in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈkazɐ/

How do you pronounce casa in Portuguese?

casa is pronounced /a ˈkazɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A casa antiga foi restaurada com cuidado porque era muito valiosa.

The old house was carefully restored because it was very valuable.

A casa branca que compramos é espaçosa e tem um jardim lindo.

The white house that we bought is spacious and has a beautiful garden.

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Why is it feminine?

Casa is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "casa" (hut, cottage), which was feminine in the first declension (not the second declension). Portuguese retained this grammatical gender through its Romance language evolution. Most Portuguese nouns ending in -a are feminine, and "casa" follows this productive gender pattern that developed from Latin first declension feminines.

What is the Portuguese word for house?

The Portuguese word for house is a casa — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmaisonlafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishcasalafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiancasalafeminine

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