🇵🇹 Portuguese

vida

feminine

a vida

life

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vida
/a ˈvidɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vida in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈvidɐ/

How do you pronounce vida in Portuguese?

vida is pronounced /a ˈvidɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A vida moderna é muito estressante para as pessoas.

Modern life is very stressful for people. (The feminine adjective 'moderna' agrees with the feminine noun 'vida')

Minha vida inteira foi dedicada à família.

My entire life was dedicated to family. (The feminine adjective 'inteira' agrees with the feminine noun 'vida')

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Why is it feminine?

Vida is feminine in Portuguese because it descends from Latin "vita," which was a feminine noun of the first declension (ending in -a), and Portuguese retained this feminine gender along with the -a ending when Latin words evolved into the modern language.

What is the Portuguese word for life?

The Portuguese word for life is a vida — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchvielafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishvidalafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianvitalafeminine

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