🇵🇹 Portuguese

dor

feminine

a dor

pain

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dor
/a ˈdoʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say dor in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈdoʁ/

How do you pronounce dor in Portuguese?

dor is pronounced /a ˈdoʁ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A dor intensa que senti no peito me levou ao hospital.

The intense pain that I felt in my chest took me to the hospital.

Essa dor aguda é uma clara indicação de que algo está errado.

This sharp pain is a clear indication that something is wrong.

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Why is it feminine?

Dor (pain) is feminine in Portuguese. While it does derive from Latin "dolor" (a third declension masculine noun), the gender change occurred during the evolution from Latin to Portuguese. The word followed a pattern common in Romance languages where many Latin masculine -or nouns became feminine, possibly influenced by phonetic changes and analogy with other feminine noun patterns. In modern Portuguese, "dor" is consistently feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for pain?

The Portuguese word for pain is a dor — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchdouleurlafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishdolor flips!elmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiandolore flips!ilmasculine

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