🇪🇸 Spanish

duda

feminine

la duda

doubt

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duda
/la ˈduða/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say duda in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈduða/

How do you pronounce duda in Spanish?

duda is pronounced /la ˈduða/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La duda profunda que sentía María la paralizaba completamente.

The deep doubt that María felt completely paralyzed her.

Esa duda constante es la más peligrosa para tu autoconfianza.

That constant doubt is the most dangerous for your self-confidence.

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Why is it feminine?

Duda is feminine because it derives from the Latin "dudta" (feminine form of "dudus"), which followed the first declension pattern ending in -a that typically marked feminine nouns in Latin. Like most Spanish nouns inherited from Latin first-declension feminines, it retained its feminine gender through the -a ending.

What is the Spanish word for doubt?

The Spanish word for doubt is la duda — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchdoute flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiandubbio flips!ilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesedúvidaafeminine

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