🇵🇹 Portuguese

ideia

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 ideia

idea

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ideia
/a iˈdejɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ideia in Portuguese?

IPA
/a iˈdejɐ/

How do you pronounce ideia in Portuguese?

ideia is pronounced /a iˈdejɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A ideia criativa dela foi escolhida para o projeto.

Her creative idea was chosen for the project.

Essa ideia brilhante resolveu todos os nossos problemas.

That brilliant idea solved all our problems.

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Why is it feminine?

Ideia is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "idea," which was feminine in gender, following the first declension pattern (-a ending) that typically marked feminine nouns in Latin. This gender was preserved as the word evolved through Romance languages into modern Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for idea?

The Portuguese word for idea is a ideia — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchidéel'feminine
🇪🇸 Spanishidealafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianideal'feminine

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