🇵🇹 Portuguese

empresa

feminine

a empresa

company

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empresa
/a ẽˈpɾezɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say empresa in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ẽˈpɾezɐ/

How do you pronounce empresa in Portuguese?

empresa is pronounced /a ẽˈpɾezɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A empresa brasileira expandiu suas operações internacionais.

The Brazilian company (fem.) expanded its international operations.

Essa empresa é muito conhecida e respeitada no mercado.

This company (fem.) is very well-known and respected in the market.

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Why is it feminine?

Empresa is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "impresa" (an undertaking or enterprise), which retained its feminine gender through the Romance language evolution. The "-a" ending in Portuguese typically signals feminine nouns, reinforcing this grammatical gender inherited from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Portuguese word for company?

The Portuguese word for company is a empresa — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchentreprisel'feminine
🇪🇸 Spanishempresalafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianaziendal'feminine

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