🇵🇹 Portuguese

mesa

feminine

a mesa

table

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mesa
/a ˈmezɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mesa in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈmezɐ/

How do you pronounce mesa in Portuguese?

mesa is pronounced /a ˈmezɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A mesa redonda é muito bonita e foi escolhida para a sala de jantar.

The round table is very beautiful and was chosen for the dining room.

Essa mesa antiga está quebrada, mas a restauradora conseguiu consertá-la.

This old table is broken, but the restorer was able to fix it.

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Why is it feminine?

Mesa is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "mensa" (a first-declension noun), which was inherently feminine, and Portuguese retained the feminine gender along with the noun when Romance languages evolved from Latin.

What is the Portuguese word for table?

The Portuguese word for table is a mesa — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtablelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishmesalafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiantavolo flips!ilmasculine

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