Accordcielo
el cielo
sky
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How do you say cielo in Spanish?
How do you pronounce cielo in Spanish?
cielo is pronounced /el ˈθjelo/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El cielo azul es hermoso esta noche.
The blue sky is beautiful tonight. (Masculine adjective 'azul' and 'hermoso' agree with 'el cielo')
El cielo despejado nos permitió ver todas las estrellas.
The clear sky allowed us to see all the stars. (Masculine adjective 'despejado' agrees with 'el cielo'; feminine 'despejada' would be incorrect)
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Why is it masculine?
Cielo is masculine because it derives from the Latin "caelum," which was grammatically masculine in the second declension, and Spanish inherited this gender classification when the word evolved phonetically. Like many Spanish nouns, its gender is ultimately an inheritance from Latin morphology with no deeper semantic reason.
What is the Spanish word for sky?
The Spanish word for sky is el cielo — masculine.
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