🇪🇸 Spanish

cascada

feminine

la cascada

waterfall

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cascada
/la kasˈkaða/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cascada in Spanish?

IPA
/la kasˈkaða/

How do you pronounce cascada in Spanish?

cascada is pronounced /la kasˈkaða/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cascada hermosa que visitamos ayer fue la más espectacular del parque.

The beautiful waterfall that we visited yesterday was the most spectacular in the park.

Esta cascada peligrosa ha causado varios accidentes, por eso está cerrada.

This dangerous waterfall has caused several accidents, which is why it is closed.

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Why is it feminine?

Cascada is feminine because it derives from the Latin "cascata," the feminine past participle of "cascare" (to fall), which retained its feminine gender through Romance language evolution. The -ada ending in Spanish is typically feminine, reinforcing this grammatical gender from its Latin origins.

What is the Spanish word for waterfall?

The Spanish word for waterfall is la cascada — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcascadelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiancascatalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecachoeiraafeminine

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