🇪🇸 Spanish

director

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masculine

el director

director

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director
/el diɾekˈtoɾ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say director in Spanish?

IPA
/el diɾekˈtoɾ/

How do you pronounce director in Spanish?

director is pronounced /el diɾekˈtoɾ/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El director responsable llegó tarde a la reunión porque estaba ocupado.

The responsible director arrived late to the meeting because he was busy.

El director nuevo es muy talentoso y tiene ideas innovadoras para el cine.

The new director is very talented and has innovative ideas for cinema.

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Why is it masculine?

Director is masculine in Spanish because it derives from the Latin "director" (masculine noun from "dirigere," meaning "to direct"), and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender from Latin, where most agent nouns ending in "-or" were inherently masculine. The feminine form "directora" was later created by adding the Spanish feminine suffix "-a" to the masculine base.

What is the Spanish word for director?

The Spanish word for director is el director — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchdirecteurlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiandirettoreilmasculine

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