🇪🇸 Spanish

bebida

feminine

la bebida

drink

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bebida
/la beˈβiða/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bebida in Spanish?

IPA
/la beˈβiða/

How do you pronounce bebida in Spanish?

bebida is pronounced /la beˈβiða/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La bebida fría es refrescante en verano.

The cold drink is refreshing in summer.

Esta bebida tropical es deliciosa y muy popular.

This tropical drink is delicious and very popular.

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Why is it feminine?

Bebida is feminine because it derives from the Latin past participle "bibita" (feminine form of "bibitus," meaning "drunk/beverage"), which retained the feminine grammatical gender through Spanish's evolution from Latin. The -da ending in Spanish typically signals feminine nouns, reinforcing this gender assignment from its Latin origins.

What is the Spanish word for drink?

The Spanish word for drink is la bebida — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchboissonlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianbevandalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesebebidaafeminine

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