🇪🇸 Spanish

comida

feminine

la comida

food

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comida
/la koˈmiða/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say comida in Spanish?

IPA
/la koˈmiða/

How do you pronounce comida in Spanish?

comida is pronounced /la koˈmiða/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La comida italiana es deliciosa y muy popular en mi ciudad.

Italian food is delicious and very popular in my city.

La comida que preparó mi abuela fue la más sabrosa que he probado.

The food that my grandmother prepared was the most delicious that I have tasted.

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Why is it feminine?

Comida is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "comida" (from "comedere," to eat), which is a feminine first-declension noun. The -a ending is the standard feminine marker in Spanish, and Spanish inherited this feminine gender from Latin.

What is the Spanish word for food?

The Spanish word for food is la comida — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portuguesecomidaafeminine

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