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el avión
airplane
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How do you say avión in Spanish?
How do you pronounce avión in Spanish?
avión is pronounced /el aˈbjon/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El avión nuevo despegó esta mañana desde el aeropuerto internacional.
The new airplane took off this morning from the international airport.
El avión comercial es muy rápido y cómodo para los viajeros.
The commercial airplane is very fast and comfortable for travelers.
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Why is it masculine?
Avión is masculine because it derives from the Latin "avionēm," the accusative form of "avis" (bird), which was a masculine noun in Latin. Spanish inherited this grammatical gender through regular phonetic evolution from Vulgar Latin, where the accusative case forms became the basis for Romance noun stems.
What is the Spanish word for airplane?
The Spanish word for airplane is el avión — masculine.
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