personagem

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French personnage, equivalent to persona +‎ -agem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.soˈna.ʒẽj̃/ [peh.soˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.soˈna.ʒẽj̃/ [peh.soˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.soˈna.ʒẽj̃/ [peɾ.soˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.soˈna.ʒẽj̃/ [peχ.soˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.soˈna.ʒẽj̃/ [peɻ.soˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.suˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʒẽj̃, (Portugal) -aʒɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na‧gem

Noun

personagem m or f by sense or f (plural personagens)

1. character (being involved in the action of a story)

Usage notes

Nowadays and in common usage, the word personagem takes the gender of its referrent:

• o personagem João e a personagem Maria ― the character John and the character Mary

A correct but less common use in the modern day (though it is still occasionally prescribed) employs the noun as of the feminine gender always, like other nouns ending in -agem:

• a personagem João e a personagem Maria ― the character John and the character Mary