🇵🇹 Portuguese

hora

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 hora

hour

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hora
/a ˈɔɾɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say hora in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈɔɾɐ/

How do you pronounce hora in Portuguese?

hora is pronounced /a ˈɔɾɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A hora marcada foi adiada porque a reunião importante teve que ser remarcada.

The scheduled time was postponed because the important meeting had to be rescheduled.

Esta é a hora certa para fazer a pergunta difícil que ela estava esperando.

This is the right time to ask the difficult question that she was waiting for.

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Why is it feminine?

Hora is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "hora" (feminine), which was feminine in Latin due to its ending in "-a"—a common feminine marker in Latin's first declension. The gender was simply preserved as the language evolved from Latin to Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for hour?

The Portuguese word for hour is a hora — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchheurel'feminine
🇪🇸 Spanishhoralafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianoral'feminine

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