🇪🇸 Spanish

cemento

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

el cemento

cement

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cemento
/el θeˈmento/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cemento in Spanish?

IPA
/el θeˈmento/

How do you pronounce cemento in Spanish?

cemento is pronounced /el θeˈmento/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El cemento gris fue mezclado con agua para crear una pasta fuerte.

The gray cement was mixed with water to create a strong paste.

El cemento nuevo es más resistente que el cemento viejo que usamos antes.

The new cement is more resistant than the old cement that we used before.

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Why is it masculine?

Cemento is masculine because it derives from Latin "caementum," and masculine gender was preserved when the word evolved into Spanish. Spanish nouns ending in "-mento" are typically masculine, and "cemento" follows this pattern.

What is the Spanish word for cement?

The Spanish word for cement is el cemento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portuguesecimentoomasculine

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