🇪🇸 Spanish

cámara

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la cámara

camera

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cámara
/la ˈkamaɾa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cámara in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈkamaɾa/

How do you pronounce cámara in Spanish?

cámara is pronounced /la ˈkamaɾa/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cámara nueva está rota y necesita reparación urgente.

The new camera is broken and needs urgent repair.

Mi cámara favorita es antigua pero todavía funciona perfectamente.

My favorite camera is old but still works perfectly.

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Why is it feminine?

Cámara is feminine because it derives from Latin "camera" (a vaulted room), which was feminine in gender—a gender assignment that was maintained as the word evolved into Spanish. Like many Spanish nouns ending in "-a," it retained the feminine classification from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Spanish word for camera?

The Spanish word for camera is la cámara — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcaméralafeminine

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