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Obsessão is feminine in Portuguese. The article is a, so the full form is a obsessão ("obsession").
FEMININEa obsessão
obsession
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obsessão
/obsɨˈsɐ̃w/
← masculine
feminine →
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How do you say obsessão in Portuguese?
IPA
/obsɨˈsɐ̃w/
How do you pronounce obsessão in Portuguese?
obsessão is pronounced /obsɨˈsɐ̃w/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A obsessão por trabalhar é prejudicial.
The obsession with working is harmful.
Ela tem uma obsessão estranha.
She has a strange obsession.
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Why is it feminine?
Obsessão is feminine; Portuguese nouns ending in -ão derived from Latin -io are typically feminine.
What is the Portuguese word for obsession?
The Portuguese word for obsession is a obsessão — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italian | ossessione | l' | feminine |
| 🇫🇷 French | obsession | l' | feminine |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | obsesión | la | feminine |
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