🇵🇹 Portuguese

lágrima

feminine

a lágrima

tear

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lágrima
/a ˈlaɡɾimɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say lágrima in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈlaɡɾimɐ/

How do you pronounce lágrima in Portuguese?

lágrima is pronounced /a ˈlaɡɾimɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A lágrima salgada escorreu pelo seu rosto durante o filme triste.

The salty tear rolled down her face during the sad movie.

Cada lágrima derramada pela criança pequena revelava sua dor profunda.

Each tear shed by the small child revealed her deep pain.

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Why is it feminine?

Lágrima is feminine because it derives from Latin "lacrima," which was feminine in Latin, and Portuguese retained this gender assignment along with the word itself. The Latin word likely came from an Indo-European root, but the feminine gender was simply inherited directly from the classical language.

What is the Portuguese word for tear?

The Portuguese word for tear is a lágrima — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlarmelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishlágrimalafeminine

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