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el cabello
hair
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How do you say cabello in Spanish?
How do you pronounce cabello in Spanish?
cabello is pronounced /el kaˈβeʎo/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El cabello negro y largo de mi hermana es muy hermoso.
My sister's long black hair is very beautiful. (The masculine article 'el' and adjectives 'negro' and 'largo' agree with 'cabello,' showing that we're referring to hair as a singular noun concept, not the individual strands.)
El cabello rizado que encontré en el peine es del gato, no mío.
The curly hair that I found in the comb is from the cat, not mine. (The masculine adjective 'rizado' must agree with the masculine noun 'cabello,' distinguishing it from 'una cabellera rizada' which would refer to an entire head of hair as a feminine collective noun.)
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Why is it masculine?
Cabello is masculine because it derives from the Latin "capillus," which was grammatically masculine in Latin and retained that gender when Romance languages evolved. Like many Latin masculine nouns ending in "-us," Spanish changed the ending to "-o" while preserving the masculine gender.
What is the Spanish word for hair?
The Spanish word for hair is el cabello — masculine.
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