🇪🇸 Spanish

clase

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

la clase

class

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clase
/la ˈklase/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say clase in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈklase/

How do you pronounce clase in Spanish?

clase is pronounced /la ˈklase/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La clase nueva es muy grande y moderna.

The new class is very large and modern. (feminine articles/adjectives: la, nueva, moderna)

Mi clase favorita es la de historia porque la profesora es excelente.

My favorite class is history because the teacher is excellent. (feminine adjectives: favorita, excelente; feminine article: la)

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Why is it feminine?

Clase is feminine because it derives from Latin "classis," which was grammatically feminine in Latin and retained that gender when Romance languages evolved. The word originally referred to a social class or group of citizens, and its feminine gender was simply inherited through the natural linguistic evolution from Latin to Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for class?

The Spanish word for class is la clase — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchclasselafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianclasselafeminine

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