🇵🇹 Portuguese

qualidade

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feminine

a qualidade

quality

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qualidade
/a kwaliˈdadʒi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say qualidade in Portuguese?

IPA
/a kwaliˈdadʒi/

How do you pronounce qualidade in Portuguese?

qualidade is pronounced /a kwaliˈdadʒi/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A qualidade excelente deste produto a torna muito procurada no mercado.

The excellent quality of this product makes it highly sought after in the market.

Uma qualidade rara é encontrada nesta empresa portuguesa tradicional.

A rare quality is found in this traditional Portuguese company.

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Why is it feminine?

Qualidade is feminine because it derives from Latin "qualitas" (feminine), which followed the Latin third-declension pattern where nouns ending in "-itas" were grammatically feminine, a gender distinction that Portuguese inherited and maintains in modern "-idade" nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for quality?

The Portuguese word for quality is a qualidade — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishcalidadlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianqualitàlafeminine

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