🇵🇹 Portuguese

ocorrência

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feminine

a ocorrência

occurrence

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ocorrência
/a okoˈʁẽsiɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ocorrência in Portuguese?

IPA
/a okoˈʁẽsiɐ/

How do you pronounce ocorrência in Portuguese?

ocorrência is pronounced /a okoˈʁẽsiɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A ocorrência policial foi registrada como suspeita e necessitava de investigação imediata.

The police incident was registered as suspicious and required immediate investigation.

Essa ocorrência rara e inesperada surpreendeu todos os cientistas da universidade.

This rare and unexpected occurrence surprised all the scientists at the university.

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Why is it feminine?

Ocorrência is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "occurrentia," which is feminine (following the first declension pattern ending in -a), and Portuguese inherited this gender along with the suffix -ência, which consistently marks feminine nouns in the language.

What is the Portuguese word for occurrence?

The Portuguese word for occurrence is a ocorrência — feminine.

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