🇵🇹 Portuguese

zona

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feminine

a zona

zone

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zona
/a ˈzonɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say zona in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈzonɐ/

How do you pronounce zona in Portuguese?

zona is pronounced /a ˈzonɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A zona industrial está completamente abandonada e precisa ser renovada urgentemente.

The industrial zone is completely abandoned and needs to be urgently renovated.

A zona costeira é muito perigosa durante a maré alta, então os pescadores locais evitam aquela área.

The coastal zone is very dangerous during high tide, so local fishermen avoid that area.

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Why is it feminine?

Zona is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "zōna," which was feminine in the original language, a term borrowed from Greek "zώnh" (zōnē) meaning "belt" or "girdle," a noun that carried feminine gender through its Latin and Romance language descendants.

What is the Portuguese word for zone?

The Portuguese word for zone is a zona — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishzonalafeminine

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