🇵🇹 Portuguese

tristeza

feminine

a tristeza

sadness

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tristeza
/a tɾisˈtezɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say tristeza in Portuguese?

IPA
/a tɾisˈtezɐ/

How do you pronounce tristeza in Portuguese?

tristeza is pronounced /a tɾisˈtezɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A tristeza profunda que ela sentia era visível em seus olhos tristes.

The deep sadness that she felt was visible in her sad eyes.

Aquela tristeza imensa a deixou completamente devastada durante toda a semana.

That immense sadness left her completely devastated throughout the entire week.

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Why is it feminine?

Tristeza is feminine because it derives from Latin "tristitia," which was feminine in declension (third declension, feminine gender), and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself through phonetic evolution.

What is the Portuguese word for sadness?

The Portuguese word for sadness is a tristeza — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtristesselafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishtristezalafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiantristezzalafeminine

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