🇵🇹 Portuguese

garagem

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 garagem

garage

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garagem
/a ɡaˈɾaʒẽj̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say garagem in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ɡaˈɾaʒẽj̃/

How do you pronounce garagem in Portuguese?

garagem is pronounced /a ɡaˈɾaʒẽj̃/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A garagem antiga estava completamente cheia de caixas velhas.

The old garage was completely full of old boxes.

Minha garagem nova é muito espaçosa e bem iluminada.

My new garage is very spacious and well-lit.

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Why is it feminine?

Garagem is feminine because it derives from French "garage," which itself comes from the verb "garer" (to park/shelter), and French nouns ending in "-age" are typically masculine, but "garage" became feminine in Portuguese following the pattern of similar Portuguese words ending in "-agem" (like "bagagem," "mensagem"), which are consistently feminine due to their Latin origins in "-aticum" or similar feminine-gendered suffixes.

What is the Portuguese word for garage?

The Portuguese word for garage is a garagem — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchgarage flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishgaraje flips!elmasculine

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