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la biblioteca
library
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How do you say biblioteca in Spanish?
How do you pronounce biblioteca in Spanish?
biblioteca is pronounced /la biβljoˈteka/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La biblioteca nueva está completamente llena de libros antiguos.
The new library is completely full of old books.
Esta biblioteca pública es muy importante para nuestra comunidad local.
This public library is very important for our local community.
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Why is it feminine?
Biblioteca is feminine because it derives from Latin "bibliotheca," which was feminine in Latin and retained that gender in Spanish; the suffix "-teca" (from Greek "theke," meaning "repository" or "chest") became a productive feminine suffix in Romance languages for words denoting places where things are stored or collected.
What is the Spanish word for library?
The Spanish word for library is la biblioteca — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | bibliothèque | la | feminine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | biblioteca | la | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | biblioteca | a | feminine |
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