🇪🇸 Spanish

armario

masculine

el armario

closet

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armario
/el aɾˈmaɾjo/
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How do you say armario in Spanish?

IPA
/el aɾˈmaɾjo/

How do you pronounce armario in Spanish?

armario is pronounced /el aɾˈmaɾjo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El armario antiguo estaba lleno de ropa vieja.

The old wardrobe was full of old clothes.

Mi armario favorito es muy espacioso y tiene espejos grandes.

My favorite wardrobe is very spacious and has large mirrors.

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Why is it masculine?

Armario derives from Latin "armarium" (a cabinet or chest for storing arms/weapons), which is masculine, and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender through regular phonetic evolution. The word's masculine gender simply reflects its Latin origin, as most Spanish masculine nouns ending in -o come from Latin masculine nouns ending in -um.

What is the Spanish word for closet?

The Spanish word for closet is el armario — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchplacardlemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesearmárioomasculine

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