🇪🇸 espagnol

túnel

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masculine

el túnel

tunnel

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túnel
/el ˈtunel/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on túnel en espagnol ?

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/el ˈtunel/

How do you pronounce túnel in espagnol?

túnel is pronounced /el ˈtunel/ in espagnol.

Exemples de phrases

El túnel oscuro fue construido hace cien años y todavía está en buen estado.

The dark tunnel was built a hundred years ago and is still in good condition.

Ese túnel largo conecta las dos ciudades, pero el nuevo túnel será más corto.

That long tunnel connects the two cities, but the new tunnel will be shorter.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Túnel is masculine. As a loanword from French "tunnel," it was adopted into Spanish with masculine gender. While words ending in -el in Spanish are typically masculine (e.g., "papel," "hotel," "pastel"), this pattern alone does not fully explain the gender assignment of loanwords. The masculine gender was inherited through the French borrowing process, where French "tunnel" is also masculine. Spanish typically preserves the gender of Romance language loanwords, making the masculine gender a natural result of the borrowing pattern rather than a true exception.

Comment dit-on tunnel en espagnol ?

En espagnol, tunnel se dit el túnel — masculine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇵🇹 Portuguesetúnelomasculine

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