🇪🇸 Spanish

archivo

masculine

el archivo

file

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archivo
/el aɾˈtʃiβo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say archivo in Spanish?

IPA
/el aɾˈtʃiβo/

How do you pronounce archivo in Spanish?

archivo is pronounced /el aɾˈtʃiβo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El archivo antiguo contiene documentos importantes de la empresa.

The old file contains important documents from the company.

Este archivo digital está corrupto y no puedo abrirlo.

This digital file is corrupted and I cannot open it.

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Why is it masculine?

Archivo is masculine because it derives from Latin "archivum," which was itself borrowed from Greek "archeion" (a government building), and Latin neuter nouns ending in "-um" typically became masculine in Spanish. The word retained its masculine gender through this etymological transition, as most Spanish words descended from Latin "-um" neuters did.

What is the Spanish word for file?

The Spanish word for file is el archivo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchfichierlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianfileilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseficha flips!afeminine

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