🇵🇹 Portuguese

parte

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 parte

part

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parte
/a ˈpaʁtʃi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say parte in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈpaʁtʃi/

How do you pronounce parte in Portuguese?

parte is pronounced /a ˈpaʁtʃi/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A parte mais importante do projeto foi concluída ontem.

The most important part of the project was completed yesterday.

Essa parte anterior do documento estava completamente ilegível.

That previous part of the document was completely illegible.

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Why is it feminine?

Parte is feminine because it derives from Latin "pars, partis," which was feminine in the third declension, and Portuguese retained the feminine gender from its Latin ancestor. The Latin feminine ending and gender persisted through the Romance language evolution into Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for part?

The Portuguese word for part is a parte — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpartielafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishpartelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianpartelafeminine

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