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Coisa is feminine in Portuguese. The article is a, so the full form is a coisa ("thing").
FEMININEa coisa
thing
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How do you say coisa in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce coisa in Portuguese?
coisa is pronounced /a ˈkojzɐ/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A coisa mais importante da minha vida é a saúde da minha família.
The most important thing in my life is the health of my family.
Essa coisa estranha que encontrei no jardim assustou meu cachorro.
That strange thing that I found in the garden frightened my dog.
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Why is it feminine?
Coisa is feminine because it derives from the Latin "causa" (feminine), which originally meant "cause" or "reason" before evolving to mean "thing" in Romance languages; the feminine gender was preserved through this semantic shift from Latin to Portuguese.
What is the Portuguese word for thing?
The Portuguese word for thing is a coisa — feminine.
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