🇵🇹 Portuguese

sorte

feminine

a sorte

luck

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sorte
/a ˈsɔʁtʃi/
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How do you say sorte in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈsɔʁtʃi/

How do you pronounce sorte in Portuguese?

sorte is pronounced /a ˈsɔʁtʃi/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A sorte foi muito boa comigo naquele dia.

Luck was very good to me on that day.

Minha sorte mudou completamente depois daquela decisão difícil.

My luck changed completely after that difficult decision.

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Why is it feminine?

Sorte is feminine because it derives from Latin "sors, sortis" (feminine noun meaning "lot" or "fate"), and Portuguese retained the feminine gender of its Latin source, as it does with most -e words ending from feminine Latin nouns in -is.

What is the Portuguese word for luck?

The Portuguese word for luck is a sorte — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchchancelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishsuertelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianfortunalafeminine

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