🇪🇸 Spanish

colores

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

los colores

colours

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colores
/los koˈloɾes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say colores in Spanish?

IPA
/los koˈloɾes/

How do you pronounce colores in Spanish?

colores is pronounced /los koˈloɾes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El color azul es mi favorito porque es relajante.

The blue color is my favorite because it is relaxing.

Ese color rojo es demasiado intenso para las paredes de mi casa.

That red color is too intense for the walls of my house.

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Why is it masculine?

Colores is masculine in Spanish because it derives from Latin *color* (nominative), which was masculine in the second declension, and this grammatical gender was preserved through the Romance language evolution. The Latin root itself likely comes from an Indo-European base related to covering or concealing, though the gender assignment appears to be a matter of Latin grammar convention rather than semantic motivation.

What is the Spanish word for colours?

The Spanish word for colours is los colores — masculine.

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