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el contrato
contract
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How do you say contrato in Spanish?
How do you pronounce contrato in Spanish?
contrato is pronounced /el konˈtɾato/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El contrato nuevo que firmé ayer es muy importante para mi empresa.
The new contract that I signed yesterday is very important for my company.
El contrato laboral fue rechazado porque contenía cláusulas desfavorables para el empleado.
The labor contract was rejected because it contained unfavorable clauses for the employee.
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Why is it masculine?
Contrato is masculine because it derives from Latin "contractus," the past participle of "contrahere" (to draw together), which retained the masculine gender of Latin second-declension nouns ending in -us. This gender persisted through the evolution from Latin to Spanish, where most nouns descending from Latin -us became masculine.
What is the Spanish word for contract?
The Spanish word for contract is el contrato — masculine.
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