🇪🇸 Spanish

canción

feminine

la canción

song

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canción
/la kanˈθjon/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say canción in Spanish?

IPA
/la kanˈθjon/

How do you pronounce canción in Spanish?

canción is pronounced /la kanˈθjon/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La canción nueva que escuché ayer es muy hermosa y pegadiza.

The new song that I listened to yesterday is very beautiful and catchy.

Mi canción favorita fue interpretada por la famosa cantante española.

My favorite song was performed by the famous Spanish singer.

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Why is it feminine?

Canción is feminine because it derives from the Latin "cantio" (feminine), which comes from the verb "cantare" (to sing); words ending in "-ción" in Spanish are almost universally feminine because they inherited the gender of their Latin "-tio/-sio" feminine endings.

What is the Spanish word for song?

The Spanish word for song is la canción — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchchansonlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiancanzonelafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecançãoafeminine

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