🇵🇹 Portuguese

fruta

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 fruta

fruit

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fruta
/a ˈfɾutɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say fruta in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈfɾutɐ/

How do you pronounce fruta in Portuguese?

fruta is pronounced /a ˈfɾutɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A fruta vermelha que comprei está deliciosa e muito suculenta.

The red fruit that I bought is delicious and very juicy.

Essa fruta tropical é a mais procurada pelos clientes brasileiros.

This tropical fruit is the most sought after by Brazilian customers.

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Why is it feminine?

Fruta is feminine because it descends from Latin "fructa," a feminine noun (not a past participle). In Latin, "fructus" was masculine, but the feminine form "fructa" was used and evolved into Portuguese "fruta." The -a ending in Portuguese consistently marks feminine nouns, reinforcing this gender assignment.

What is the Portuguese word for fruit?

The Portuguese word for fruit is a fruta — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchfruit flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishfrutalafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianfruttalafeminine

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