🇵🇹 Portuguese

posições

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feminine

as posições

positions

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posições
/as poziˈsõj̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say posições in Portuguese?

IPA
/as poziˈsõj̃s/

How do you pronounce posições in Portuguese?

posições is pronounced /as poziˈsõj̃s/ 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?

Posições 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 positions?

The Portuguese word for positions is as posições — feminine.

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