🇵🇹 Portuguese

dia

masculine

o dia

day

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dia
/u ˈdʒiɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say dia in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈdʒiɐ/

How do you pronounce dia in Portuguese?

dia is pronounced /u ˈdʒiɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O dia ensolarado foi perfeito para a praia.

The sunny day was perfect for the beach.

Esse dia especial merecia ser comemorado com todos os amigos.

That special day deserved to be celebrated with all the friends.

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Why is it masculine?

Dia is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "dies," which was a masculine noun in the third declension (not second), and this grammatical gender was preserved through the language's evolution from Vulgar Latin.

What is the Portuguese word for day?

The Portuguese word for day is o dia — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchjourlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishdíaelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiangiornoilmasculine

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