🇵🇹 Portuguese

verdade

feminine

a verdade

truth

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verdade
/a veʁˈdadʒi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say verdade in Portuguese?

IPA
/a veʁˈdadʒi/

How do you pronounce verdade in Portuguese?

verdade is pronounced /a veʁˈdadʒi/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A verdade absoluta é difícil de encontrar no mundo.

The absolute truth is difficult to find in the world. (feminine: 'a' article + 'absoluta' feminine adjective)

Essa verdade surpreendente mudou completamente minha perspectiva.

That surprising truth completely changed my perspective. (feminine: 'essa' feminine demonstrative + 'surpreendente' and 'minha' feminine forms)

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Why is it feminine?

Verdade is feminine because it derives from Latin "veritas," which belonged to the third-declension feminine noun class (ending in -tas), and this Latin feminine gender was preserved when the word evolved into Portuguese. The -tas ending in Latin consistently produced feminine nouns, a pattern that carried over to modern Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for truth?

The Portuguese word for truth is a verdade — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchvéritélafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishverdadlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianveritàlafeminine

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