🇪🇸 Spanish

empresa

feminine

la empresa

company

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empresa
/la emˈpɾesa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say empresa in Spanish?

IPA
/la emˈpɾesa/

How do you pronounce empresa in Spanish?

empresa is pronounced /la emˈpɾesa/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La empresa española es muy grande y tiene miles de empleados en toda Europa.

The Spanish company is very large and has thousands of employees throughout Europe.

Mi empresa favorita acaba de lanzar un producto nuevo que es completamente innovador.

My favorite company just launched a new product that is completely innovative.

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Why is it feminine?

Empresa is feminine because it derives from the Latin "impresa" (feminine noun meaning "undertaking" or "enterprise"), which itself comes from the past participle of "imprendere" (to undertake), and Latin nouns ending in "-a" are typically feminine. The gender was retained when the word evolved into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for company?

The Spanish word for company is la empresa — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchentreprisel'feminine
🇮🇹 Italianaziendal'feminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseempresaafeminine

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