🇪🇸 Spanish

esposa

feminine

la esposa

wife

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esposa
/la esˈposa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say esposa in Spanish?

IPA
/la esˈposa/

How do you pronounce esposa in Spanish?

esposa is pronounced /la esˈposa/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

Mi esposa es una abogada muy talentosa y dedicada.

My wife is a very talented and dedicated lawyer.

La esposa del director llegó tarde a la reunión importante.

The director's wife arrived late to the important meeting.

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Why is it feminine?

Esposa is feminine because it derives from Latin "sponsa" (feminine form of "sponsus," meaning betrothed or promised), which naturally carried feminine grammatical gender through Spanish's evolution from Latin, where biological sex and grammatical gender typically aligned for agent nouns.

What is the Spanish word for wife?

The Spanish word for wife is la esposa — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchépousel'feminine
🇮🇹 Italianmoglielafeminine

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