🇪🇸 Spanish

espejo

masculine

el espejo

mirror

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espejo
/el esˈpexo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say espejo in Spanish?

IPA
/el esˈpexo/

How do you pronounce espejo in Spanish?

espejo is pronounced /el esˈpexo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El espejo antiguo está roto y necesita ser reparado pronto.

The old mirror is broken and needs to be repaired soon.

Ese espejo hermoso refleja la luz perfectamente en el salón elegante.

That beautiful mirror reflects the light perfectly in the elegant living room.

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Why is it masculine?

Espejo is masculine because it derives from Latin "speculum," which is a neuter noun, but when borrowed into Spanish, neuter Latin nouns typically became masculine (as Spanish lost the neuter gender), making "espejo" follow the standard pattern of masculine nouns ending in -o.

What is the Spanish word for mirror?

The Spanish word for mirror is el espejo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmiroirlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianspecchiolomasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseespelhoomasculine

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