🇵🇹 Portuguese

experiência

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

a experiência

experience

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experiência
/a ispeɾiˈẽsiɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say experiência in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ispeɾiˈẽsiɐ/

How do you pronounce experiência in Portuguese?

experiência is pronounced /a ispeɾiˈẽsiɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A experiência profissional dela é muito valiosa para este projeto.

Her professional experience is very valuable for this project.

Essa experiência internacional foi inesperada e transformadora.

This international experience was unexpected and transformative.

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Why is it feminine?

Experiência is feminine because it derives from Latin "experientia," which was a feminine noun (following the first declension pattern of Latin feminine nouns ending in -ia). This Latin origin directly shaped its gender in Portuguese and other Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for experience?

The Portuguese word for experience is a experiência — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishexperiencialafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianesperienzal'feminine

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