🇵🇹 Portuguese

sistema

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masculine

o sistema

system

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sistema
/u sisˈtemɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sistema in Portuguese?

IPA
/u sisˈtemɐ/

How do you pronounce sistema in Portuguese?

sistema is pronounced /u sisˈtemɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O sistema antigo não funcionava bem, então precisávamos de um sistema novo e mais eficiente.

The old system didn't work well, so we needed a new and more efficient system.

O sistema operacional instalado no computador é muito robusto e confiável.

The operating system installed on the computer is very robust and reliable.

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Why is it masculine?

Sistema is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "systema," which itself comes from Greek "sýstēma" (σύστημα), and Latin neuter nouns ending in "-ma" became masculine in Romance languages through a sound change that made the neuter endings indistinguishable from masculine forms. This is why Portuguese retains the masculine gender for this and similar words like "problema," "tema," and "poema."

What is the Portuguese word for system?

The Portuguese word for system is o sistema — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsystèmelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishsistemaelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiansistemailmasculine

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