🇵🇹 Portuguese

sacola

feminine

a sacola

bag

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sacola
/a saˈkɔlɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sacola in Portuguese?

IPA
/a saˈkɔlɐ/

How do you pronounce sacola in Portuguese?

sacola is pronounced /a saˈkɔlɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A sacola azul que comprei ontem é muito resistente e durável.

The blue bag that I bought yesterday is very resistant and durable.

Minha sacola vermelha está cheia de compras e ficou pesada demais.

My red bag is full of shopping and became too heavy.

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Why is it feminine?

Sacola is feminine because it derives from Latin "saccola," the diminutive form of "saccus" (bag), and diminutives ending in "-ola" are grammatically feminine in Romance languages. The feminine gender was retained through this diminutive formation as the word evolved from Latin into Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for bag?

The Portuguese word for bag is a sacola — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsac flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishbolso flips!elmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianborsalafeminine

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