Polyglot Dictionary

mensagem

/mẽˈsaʒẽj/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as mensagens

Meaning

  1. message

    • Mandei uma mensagem.

      I sent a message.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

recado

recado is more informal or verbal, like "deixar um recado," to leave a message; mensagem is more general, like a text message.

Similar in other languages

German

Nachricht

Nachricht is the German word for the same thing — both mean "message."

Spanish

mensaje

mensaje is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "message."

French

message

message is the French word for the same thing — both mean "message."

Practice

1 What does mensagem mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mandei uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mensagem?

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