🇵🇹 Portuguese

nota

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 nota

note

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nota
/a ˈnɔtɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say nota in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈnɔtɐ/

How do you pronounce nota in Portuguese?

nota is pronounced /a ˈnɔtɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A nota final foi muito baixa porque a prova estava extremamente difícil.

The final grade was very low because the test was extremely difficult.

Aquela nota musical era tão bonita que todos os músicos ficaram impressionados.

That musical note was so beautiful that all the musicians were impressed.

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Why is it feminine?

Nota is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "nota" (meaning mark or note), which retained its feminine gender through the regular evolution of Latin -a endings into Portuguese feminine nouns. This follows the standard phonetic and grammatical pattern where Latin first-declension nouns ending in -a consistently became feminine in Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for note?

The Portuguese word for note is a nota — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchnotelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishnotalafeminine

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