🇪🇸 Spanish

cuerda

feminine

la cuerda

rope

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cuerda
/la ˈkweɾða/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cuerda in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈkweɾða/

How do you pronounce cuerda in Spanish?

cuerda is pronounced /la ˈkweɾða/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cuerda nueva se rompió durante el ejercicio de escalada.

The new rope broke during the climbing exercise.

Esa cuerda gruesa y resistente es perfecta para amarrar la vela.

That thick and resistant rope is perfect for tying the sail.

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Why is it feminine?

Cuerda is feminine because it derives from Latin "chorda" (originally from Greek "chordē"), which was feminine in Latin, and Spanish inherited the feminine gender along with the word. The semantic connection to "cord" or "string" carried its original gender classification through the Romance language evolution.

What is the Spanish word for rope?

The Spanish word for rope is la cuerda — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcordelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiancordalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecordaafeminine

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