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el clavo
nail
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How do you say clavo in Spanish?
How do you pronounce clavo in Spanish?
clavo is pronounced /el ˈklaβo/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El clavo oxidado se rompió cuando traté de sacarlo de la pared.
The rusty nail broke when I tried to remove it from the wall.
Necesito un clavo largo y resistente para colgar este cuadro pesado.
I need a long and resistant nail to hang this heavy painting.
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Why is it masculine?
Clavo is masculine because it derives from Latin "clavus" (a nail or spike), which was a second-declension masculine noun in Latin, and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender when the language evolved from Vulgar Latin. Like most Spanish nouns ending in "-o" derived from Latin masculine nominatives, it retained the masculine gender.
What is the Spanish word for nail?
The Spanish word for nail is el clavo — masculine.
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