🇪🇸 Spanish

balcón

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

el balcón

balcony

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balcón
/el balˈkon/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say balcón in Spanish?

IPA
/el balˈkon/

How do you pronounce balcón in Spanish?

balcón is pronounced /el balˈkon/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El balcón antiguo de mi abuela es muy hermoso y tiene una vista espectacular.

My grandmother's old balcony is very beautiful and has a spectacular view.

El balcón nuevo que instalamos el mes pasado es bastante espacioso y resistente.

The new balcony that we installed last month is quite spacious and resistant.

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Why is it masculine?

Balcón is masculine. While the word does derive from Italian "balcone," the masculine gender is primarily explained by Spanish's default gender assignment rules for words ending in "-ón." In Spanish, nouns ending in "-ón" are typically masculine (e.g., "corazón," "león," "ratón"). The Italian source "balcone" was also masculine, which reinforced this pattern when the word was borrowed into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for balcony?

The Spanish word for balcony is el balcón — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbalconlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianbalconeilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevaranda flips!afeminine

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