🇵🇹 Portuguese

justiça

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feminine

a justiça

justice

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justiça
/a ʒusˈtʃisɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say justiça in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ʒusˈtʃisɐ/

How do you pronounce justiça in Portuguese?

justiça is pronounced /a ʒusˈtʃisɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A justiça brasileira é lenta e complexa.

The Brazilian justice system is slow and complex.

A justiça social é necessária para uma sociedade mais igualitária.

Social justice is necessary for a more egalitarian society.

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Why is it feminine?

Justiça is feminine because it derives from Latin "iustitia," which was feminine in Latin, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. Latin "iustitia" was feminine partly due to the -ia ending being a productive feminine suffix in Latin, similar to how many abstract nouns denoting qualities or virtues (like "prudentia," "temperantia") were feminine.

What is the Portuguese word for justice?

The Portuguese word for justice is a justiça — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchjusticelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiangiustizialafeminine

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