🇪🇸 Spanish

cadena

feminine

la cadena

chain

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cadena
/la kaˈðena/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cadena in Spanish?

IPA
/la kaˈðena/

How do you pronounce cadena in Spanish?

cadena is pronounced /la kaˈðena/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cadena dorada que encontré en la playa era muy antigua y valiosa.

The golden chain that I found on the beach was very old and valuable.

Esa cadena rota debe ser reparada por un joyero profesional antes de usarla.

That broken chain needs to be repaired by a professional jeweler before wearing it.

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Why is it feminine?

Cadena is feminine because it derives from Latin "catena" (chain), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Spanish inherited the feminine gender along with the word. The -a ending reinforced this feminine classification, as most Latin first-declension nouns (which were typically feminine) became feminine nouns in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for chain?

The Spanish word for chain is la cadena — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchchaînelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiancatenalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecorrenteafeminine

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