🇵🇹 Portuguese

presidente

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o presidente

president

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presidente
/u pɾeziˈdẽtʃi/
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How do you say presidente in Portuguese?

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/u pɾeziˈdẽtʃi/

How do you pronounce presidente in Portuguese?

presidente is pronounced /u pɾeziˈdẽtʃi/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O presidente eleito foi muito carismático durante sua campanha.

The elected president was very charismatic during his campaign.

O novo presidente francês anunciou suas primeiras decisões importantes.

The new French president announced his first important decisions.

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Why is it masculine?

Presidente is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from the Latin "praesidens" (one who presides), which carried masculine grammatical gender that was preserved through Romance language evolution. The word's Latin masculine form became the default term for the role regardless of the officeholder's actual gender, similar to how many profession nouns in Portuguese retained their original Latin gender assignment.

What is the Portuguese word for president?

The Portuguese word for president is o presidente — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchprésidentlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpresidenteelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianpresidenteilmasculine

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