🇪🇸 Spanish

centro

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 centro

centre

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centro
/el ˈθentɾo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say centro in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈθentɾo/

How do you pronounce centro in Spanish?

centro is pronounced /el ˈθentɾo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El centro comercial nuevo está muy cerca de mi casa.

The new shopping center is very close to my house.

El centro histórico antiguo fue restaurado completamente.

The old historic center was completely restored.

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Why is it masculine?

Centro is masculine because it derives from Latin "centrum," which was neuter in classical Latin but became masculine in Romance languages as the neuter gender collapsed and words ending in -um typically shifted to masculine -o endings in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for centre?

The Spanish word for centre is el centro — masculine.

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