🇵🇹 Portuguese

importância

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 importância

importance

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importância
/a ĩpoʁˈtɐ̃siɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say importância in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ĩpoʁˈtɐ̃siɐ/

How do you pronounce importância in Portuguese?

importância is pronounced /a ĩpoʁˈtɐ̃siɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A importância histórica daquele documento foi reconhecida por todos os especialistas.

The historical importance of that document was recognized by all the specialists.

Essa importância crescente da tecnologia transformou completamente nossa vida cotidiana.

This growing importance of technology has completely transformed our daily life.

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Why is it feminine?

Importância is feminine because it derives from the Latin "importantia," which is a feminine noun (following the first declension ending in -a), and Portuguese retained this grammatical gender from its Latin ancestry. The suffix "-ância" itself became a productive feminine ending in Portuguese, automatically making nouns formed with it feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for importance?

The Portuguese word for importance is a importância — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishimportancialafeminine

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