Accordalgodón
el algodón
cotton
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How do you say algodón in Spanish?
How do you pronounce algodón in Spanish?
algodón is pronounced /el alɣoˈðon/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El algodón blanco es muy suave y se usa para hacer ropa cómoda.
The white cotton is very soft and is used to make comfortable clothing.
El algodón orgánico que compramos es de mejor calidad que el algodón convencional.
The organic cotton that we bought is of better quality than the conventional cotton.
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Why is it masculine?
Algodón is masculine because it derives from Arabic "al-qutn," which carried masculine gender when adopted into Spanish during the medieval period. The masculine gender was preserved as the word integrated into Romance language grammar. Other Arabic loanwords in Spanish also retained their original genders, such as "almohada" (feminine, from "al-makhaddah").
What is the Spanish word for cotton?
The Spanish word for cotton is el algodón — masculine.
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