🇪🇸 Spanish

ciervo

masculine

el ciervo

deer

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ciervo
/el ˈθjeɾβo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ciervo in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈθjeɾβo/

How do you pronounce ciervo in Spanish?

ciervo is pronounced /el ˈθjeɾβo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El ciervo majestuoso saltó gracefully sobre el río.

The majestic stag jumped gracefully over the river.

Encontramos al ciervo joven perdido en el bosque oscuro.

We found the young stag lost in the dark forest.

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Why is it masculine?

Ciervo is masculine because it derives from Latin "cervus," which was grammatically masculine, and Spanish preserved the gender of its Latin ancestor along with the semantic meaning of "deer/stag." The Latin masculine ending "-us" evolved into the Spanish "-o" ending, which typically marks masculine nouns.

What is the Spanish word for deer?

The Spanish word for deer is el ciervo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcerflemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiancervoilmasculine

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