🇪🇸 Spanish

desarrollo

masculine

el desarrollo

development

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desarrollo
/el desaˈroʎo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say desarrollo in Spanish?

IPA
/el desaˈroʎo/

How do you pronounce desarrollo in Spanish?

desarrollo is pronounced /el desaˈroʎo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El desarrollo económico sostenible es fundamental para nuestro país.

Sustainable economic development is fundamental for our country.

El desarrollo infantil temprano requiere atención profesional constante.

Early childhood development requires constant professional attention.

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Why is it masculine?

Desarrollo is masculine because Spanish nouns ending in -o are typically masculine by default grammatical gender rules. The word derives from the verb "desarrollar" (to develop/unfold), which comes from Latin "disvolvere." The masculine gender is inherited through the standard Spanish pattern where -o ending nouns are masculine.

What is the Spanish word for development?

The Spanish word for development is el desarrollo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italiansviluppolomasculine

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