🇪🇸 Spanish

área

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la área

area

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área
/el ˈaɾea/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say área in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈaɾea/

How do you pronounce área in Spanish?

área is pronounced /el ˈaɾea/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La área verde de la ciudad es muy grande y bonita.

The green area of the city is very large and beautiful.

Esta área nueva requiere una administración eficiente para mantenerla limpia.

This new area requires efficient management to keep it clean.

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Why is it feminine?

Área is feminine because it derives from Latin "area" (a threshing floor or open space), which was feminine in Latin and retained that gender when adopted into Spanish. The -a ending typically signals feminine gender in Spanish, reinforcing this inherited classification.

What is the Spanish word for area?

The Spanish word for area is la área — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianareal'feminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseáreaafeminine

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