🇪🇸 Spanish

columna

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 columna

column

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columna
/la koˈlumna/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say columna in Spanish?

IPA
/la koˈlumna/

How do you pronounce columna in Spanish?

columna is pronounced /la koˈlumna/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La columna vertebral es muy importante para la salud del cuerpo humano.

The spinal column is very important for the health of the human body.

La columna antigua estaba decorada con símbolos griegos elaborados.

The ancient column was decorated with elaborate Greek symbols.

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Why is it feminine?

Columna is feminine because it derives from Latin "columna," which was feminine in the Latin noun system (following the first declension pattern typical of -a ending nouns). This Latin grammatical gender was preserved when the word passed into Spanish and other Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for column?

The Spanish word for column is la columna — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portuguesecolunaafeminine

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