🇵🇹 Portuguese

sala

feminine

a sala

room

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sala
/a ˈsalɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sala in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈsalɐ/

How do you pronounce sala in Portuguese?

sala is pronounced /a ˈsalɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A sala grande estava vazia porque a reunião foi cancelada.

The big room was empty because the meeting was cancelled.

A sala nova da escola é muito bonita e espaçosa.

The new room at the school is very beautiful and spacious.

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Why is it feminine?

Sala is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "sala" (hall), which was feminine in gender—a gender assignment that Romance languages inherited and maintained. The word's femininity follows the natural gender of its Latin ancestor rather than following a productive morphological rule.

What is the Portuguese word for room?

The Portuguese word for room is a sala — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchchambrelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishcuarto flips!elmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianstanzalafeminine

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