🇵🇹 Portuguese

perda

feminine

a perda

loss

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perda
/a ˈpeʁdɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say perda in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈpeʁdɐ/

How do you pronounce perda in Portuguese?

perda is pronounced /a ˈpeʁdɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A perda total da visão deixou a médica impossibilitada de continuar sua profissão.

The total loss of vision left the female doctor unable to continue her profession.

Aquela perda irreparável foi muito dolorosa para toda a família enlutada.

That irreparable loss was very painful for the entire bereaved family.

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Why is it feminine?

Perda is feminine because it derives from Latin "perdita" (feminine past participle of "perdere," to lose), which retained the feminine gender marker "-a" through the Romance language evolution. This "-a" ending became the standard feminine singular ending in Portuguese, making any noun inheriting it feminine by default.

What is the Portuguese word for loss?

The Portuguese word for loss is a perda — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpertelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianperditalafeminine

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