🇵🇹 Portuguese

forma

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 forma

form

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forma
/a ˈfɔʁmɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say forma in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈfɔʁmɐ/

How do you pronounce forma in Portuguese?

forma is pronounced /a ˈfɔʁmɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A forma redonda é a mais comum para pizzas italianas.

The round form/shape is the most common one for Italian pizzas.

Essa forma elegante do vaso antigo impressiona todos os visitantes do museu.

That elegant form/shape of the antique vase impresses all museum visitors.

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Why is it feminine?

Forma is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "forma" (meaning shape or form), which was feminine in the second declension—a gender that Portuguese inherited when Latin evolved into the Romance languages. This Latin feminine gender persists in most -a ending nouns in modern Portuguese, making "forma" consistently feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for form?

The Portuguese word for form is a forma — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchformulaire flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishformalafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianformalafeminine

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