🇪🇸 Spanish

cama

feminine

la cama

bed

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cama
/la ˈkama/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cama in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈkama/

How do you pronounce cama in Spanish?

cama is pronounced /la ˈkama/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cama nueva es muy cómoda y grande.

The new bed is very comfortable and large.

Mi cama favorita está hecha de madera oscura.

My favorite bed is made of dark wood.

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Why is it feminine?

Cama is feminine because it descends from Latin "cama," which was a feminine noun; like most Spanish nouns ending in "-a," it retained the feminine gender from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Spanish word for bed?

The Spanish word for bed is la cama — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlit flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianletto flips!ilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecamaafeminine

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