🇪🇸 Spanish

dormitorio

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masculine

el dormitorio

bedroom

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dormitorio
/el doɾmiˈtoɾjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say dormitorio in Spanish?

IPA
/el doɾmiˈtoɾjo/

How do you pronounce dormitorio in Spanish?

dormitorio is pronounced /el doɾmiˈtoɾjo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El dormitorio azul es muy espacioso y tiene una ventana grande.

The blue bedroom is very spacious and has a large window.

Mi dormitorio favorito está decorado con muebles antiguos y cuadros hermosos.

My favorite bedroom is decorated with antique furniture and beautiful paintings.

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Why is it masculine?

Dormitorio is masculine because it derives from the Latin "dormitorium" (a sleeping place), which inherited the neuter suffix "-torium" that was typically treated as masculine in Spanish's two-gender system when Romance languages dropped the neuter gender. The word's gender follows the standard pattern of Latin neuter nouns ending in "-torium" becoming masculine in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for bedroom?

The Spanish word for bedroom is el dormitorio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
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