🇪🇸 Spanish

cantidad

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feminine

la cantidad

quantity

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cantidad
/la kantiˈðað/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cantidad in Spanish?

IPA
/la kantiˈðað/

How do you pronounce cantidad in Spanish?

cantidad is pronounced /la kantiˈðað/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cantidad exacta de dinero fue depositada en la cuenta bancaria.

The exact amount of money was deposited in the bank account.

Una cantidad insuficiente de recursos hizo imposible completar el proyecto.

An insufficient amount of resources made it impossible to complete the project.

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Why is it feminine?

Cantidad is feminine because it derives from the Latin "quantitas," which is a third-declension feminine noun ending in "-tas"—a productive suffix in Latin that typically created feminine abstract nouns from adjectives (like "qualitas" from "qualis"). This Latin feminine gender was preserved when the word evolved into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for quantity?

The Spanish word for quantity is la cantidad — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianquantitàlafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesequantidadeafeminine

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