🇵🇹 Portuguese

mensagem

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 mensagem

message

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mensagem
/a mẽˈsaʒẽj̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mensagem in Portuguese?

IPA
/a mẽˈsaʒẽj̃/

How do you pronounce mensagem in Portuguese?

mensagem is pronounced /a mẽˈsaʒẽj̃/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A mensagem importante chegou atrasada, então tivemos que reagendar a reunião.

The important message arrived late, so we had to reschedule the meeting.

Essa mensagem pessoal foi muito comovente e deixou todos emocionados.

That personal message was very touching and left everyone emotional.

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Why is it feminine?

Mensagem is feminine because it derives from Latin "messāgium," which was a neuter noun, but when adopted into Portuguese it followed the pattern of Latin "-āgium" derivatives that became feminine "-agem" nouns in Romance languages. This gender shift occurred because the Portuguese suffix "-agem" itself is inherently feminine, attracting words built with it to the feminine gender.

What is the Portuguese word for message?

The Portuguese word for message is a mensagem — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmessage flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishmensaje flips!elmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmessaggio flips!ilmasculine

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