posição
a posição
position
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How do you say posição in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce posição in Portuguese?
posição is pronounced /a poziˈsɐ̃w̃/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A posição estratégica da empresa a torna muito competitiva no mercado.
The strategic position of the company makes it very competitive in the market.
Aquela posição desconfortável deixou minha colega muito cansada após a reunião.
That uncomfortable position left my colleague very tired after the meeting.
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Why is it feminine?
Posição is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "positio" (nominative form of the -io declension), which retained its feminine gender through the evolution into Portuguese. The -ção ending in Portuguese, which comes from Latin -tio/-sio, consistently marks feminine nouns, as these Latin abstract nouns were grammatically feminine.
What is the Portuguese word for position?
The Portuguese word for position is a posição — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italian | posizione | la | feminine |
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