🇪🇸 Spanish

cortina

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 cortina

curtain

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cortina
/la koɾˈtina/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cortina in Spanish?

IPA
/la koɾˈtina/

How do you pronounce cortina in Spanish?

cortina is pronounced /la koɾˈtina/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cortina azul está rota y necesita ser reemplazada pronto.

The blue curtain is torn and needs to be replaced soon.

Esta cortina nueva es muy hermosa, pero es demasiado corta para la ventana.

This new curtain is very beautiful, but it is too short for the window.

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Why is it feminine?

Cortina is feminine because it derives from the Latin "cortīna" (feminine), which originally referred to a round vessel or cauldron before the meaning shifted to a curtain or drape. The feminine gender was preserved from Latin through the natural evolution of Spanish, following the pattern of Latin first-declension nouns ending in -a.

What is the Spanish word for curtain?

The Spanish word for curtain is la cortina — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchrideau flips!lemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecortinaafeminine

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