🇪🇸 Spanish

asiento

masculine

el asiento

seat

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asiento
/el aˈsjento/
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How do you say asiento in Spanish?

IPA
/el aˈsjento/

How do you pronounce asiento in Spanish?

asiento is pronounced /el aˈsjento/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El asiento rojo está roto y necesita ser reparado.

The red seat is broken and needs to be repaired.

Encontré un asiento vacío en el autobús, así que me senté allí.

I found an empty seat on the bus, so I sat there.

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Why is it masculine?

Asiento is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "assidēre" (to sit), the word's gender comes from its development as a noun from the verb stem rather than from a "-mentum" suffix. The masculine gender is consistent with Spanish nouns ending in "-o", which are typically masculine.

What is the Spanish word for seat?

The Spanish word for seat is el asiento — masculine.

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