🇪🇸 Spanish

codo

masculine

el codo

elbow

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codo
/el ˈkoðo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say codo in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈkoðo/

How do you pronounce codo in Spanish?

codo is pronounced /el ˈkoðo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El codo derecho del jugador está inflamado y no puede jugar.

The player's right elbow is inflamed and he cannot play.

El codo roto requiere un yeso duro para sanar correctamente.

The broken elbow requires a hard cast to heal properly.

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Why is it masculine?

Codo (elbow) is masculine because it descends from Latin "cubitus," which was a masculine noun of the second declension, and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself.

What is the Spanish word for elbow?

The Spanish word for elbow is el codo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcoudelemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiangomitoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecotoveloomasculine

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