🇵🇹 Portuguese

diploma

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

o diploma

diploma

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diploma
/u dʒiˈplomɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say diploma in Portuguese?

IPA
/u dʒiˈplomɐ/

How do you pronounce diploma in Portuguese?

diploma is pronounced /u dʒiˈplomɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O diploma novo que recebi da universidade é muito importante para minha carreira.

The new diploma that I received from the university is very important for my career.

Meu diploma original está guardado em um local seguro porque é um documento valioso.

My original diploma is kept in a safe place because it is a valuable document.

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Why is it masculine?

Diploma is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "diploma" (neuter), but Portuguese reassigned it to the masculine gender, likely influenced by the masculine ending pattern of many Portuguese nouns and the tendency to masculinize Latin neuter nouns that entered the language. This gender shift reflects a common phonetic and morphological pattern in Romance language evolution from Latin's three-gender system to Portuguese's two-gender system.

What is the Portuguese word for diploma?

The Portuguese word for diploma is o diploma — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchdiplômelemasculine

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