contraseña
la contraseña
password
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How do you say contraseña in Spanish?
How do you pronounce contraseña in Spanish?
contraseña is pronounced /la kontɾaˈseɲa/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La contraseña nueva que creé es muy segura y difícil de adivinar.
The new password that I created is very secure and difficult to guess.
Mi contraseña anterior estaba débil, así que tuve que cambiarla por una más fuerte.
My previous password was weak, so I had to change it for a stronger one.
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Why is it feminine?
Contraseña is feminine because it derives from "seña" (feminine, meaning "sign" or "signal"), which comes from Latin "signa" (the feminine plural of "signum"); the prefix "contra-" is added to create a compound word that retains the gender of its base noun.
What is the Spanish word for password?
The Spanish word for password is la contraseña — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | mot de passe flips! | le | masculine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | password | la | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | senha | a | feminine |
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