🇪🇸 Spanish

botón

masculine

el botón

button

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botón
/el boˈton/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say botón in Spanish?

IPA
/el boˈton/

How do you pronounce botón in Spanish?

botón is pronounced /el boˈton/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El botón rojo de mi camisa se desprendió esta mañana.

The red button on my shirt came off this morning.

Este botón pequeño es muy importante para activar el dispositivo.

This small button is very important to activate the device.

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Why is it masculine?

Botón is masculine because it derives from the Latin "bottōnem" (accusative of "bottō"), which referred to a knob or bud, and Latin nouns ending in -ō were typically masculine—a gender that was preserved when the word evolved into Spanish. The diminutive-like suffix "-ón" in Spanish also tends to assign masculine gender to nouns.

What is the Spanish word for button?

The Spanish word for button is el botón — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchboutonlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianbottoneilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesebotãoomasculine

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