🇪🇸 Spanish

bosque

masculine

el bosque

forest

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bosque
/el ˈboske/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bosque in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈboske/

How do you pronounce bosque in Spanish?

bosque is pronounced /el ˈboske/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El bosque antiguo estaba lleno de árboles centenarios que protegían a los animales salvajes.

The ancient forest was full of hundred-year-old trees that protected wild animals.

El bosque denso y oscuro era considerado misterioso por los habitantes del pueblo cercano.

The dense and dark forest was considered mysterious by the inhabitants of the nearby town.

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Why is it masculine?

Bosque is masculine because it derives from the Late Latin "boscus" (also "boscu"), which was a masculine noun referring to woodland or forest. Spanish retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor. The word entered Spanish through Vulgar Latin usage during the medieval period in the Iberian Peninsula.

What is the Spanish word for forest?

The Spanish word for forest is el bosque — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchforêt flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianforesta flips!lafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesefloresta flips!afeminine

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