🇪🇸 Spanish

arte

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feminine

el arte

art

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arte
/el ˈaɾte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say arte in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈaɾte/

How do you pronounce arte in Spanish?

arte is pronounced /el ˈaɾte/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El arte moderna es fascinante porque desafía las convenciones tradicionales.

Modern art is fascinating because it challenges traditional conventions.

La arte clásica que admiramos en el museo fue creada por artistas talentosas.

The classical art that we admire in the museum was created by talented artists.

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Why is it feminine?

Arte is feminine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "ars, artis," which was feminine in Latin, and Spanish preserved this gender assignment when inheriting the word. In modern Spanish, "arte" is typically feminine (la arte), though it can occasionally appear with masculine articles in certain fixed phrases or regional usage, making it largely consistent with typical gender patterns for -e ending nouns derived from Latin.

What is the Spanish word for art?

The Spanish word for art is el arte — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchart flips!l'masculine
🇮🇹 Italianartel'feminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesearteafeminine

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