🇵🇹 Portuguese

informação

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 informação

information

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informação
/a ĩfoʁmaˈsɐ̃w̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say informação in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ĩfoʁmaˈsɐ̃w̃/

How do you pronounce informação in Portuguese?

informação is pronounced /a ĩfoʁmaˈsɐ̃w̃/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A informação importante foi divulgada ontem pela empresa.

The important information was disclosed yesterday by the company.

Essa informação confidencial não pode ser compartilhada com pessoas não autorizadas.

This confidential information cannot be shared with unauthorized people.

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Why is it feminine?

Informação is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "informatio," which belongs to the third declension feminine category (ending in -tiō, -tiōnis). In Portuguese, Latin third declension -tiō nouns regularly evolved into -ção nouns, which are consistently feminine. The feminine gender was preserved through this sound change from Latin to Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for information?

The Portuguese word for information is a informação — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchinformationl'feminine
🇪🇸 Spanishinformaciónlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianinformazionel'feminine

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