🇪🇸 Spanish

cable

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masculine

el cable

cable

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cable
/el ˈkaβle/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cable in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈkaβle/

How do you pronounce cable in Spanish?

cable is pronounced /el ˈkaβle/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El cable rojo está dañado y necesita ser reemplazado inmediatamente.

The red cable is damaged and needs to be replaced immediately.

Este cable largo es el más importante para conectar el dispositivo.

This long cable is the most important one for connecting the device.

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Why is it masculine?

Cable is masculine in Spanish. It derives from Latin "capulum" (a halter or rope), a neuter noun of the second declension. During the evolution of Romance languages, most Latin neuter nouns were reanalyzed as masculine, and words ending in "-um" typically developed into masculine forms ending in "-o" or "-e" in Spanish. "Cable" follows this pattern of Latin neuter nouns becoming masculine in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for cable?

The Spanish word for cable is el cable — masculine.

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