🇪🇸 Spanish

estante

masculine

el estante

shelf

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estante
/el esˈtante/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say estante in Spanish?

IPA
/el esˈtante/

How do you pronounce estante in Spanish?

estante is pronounced /el esˈtante/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El estante antiguo que heredé de mi abuelo está lleno de libros raros.

The antique shelf that I inherited from my grandfather is full of rare books.

Este estante nuevo es demasiado pequeño para todos mis cuadernos escolares.

This new shelf is too small for all my school notebooks.

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Why is it masculine?

Estante is masculine. While it does derive from Latin roots related to "stans" (standing), Spanish gender assignment for nouns ending in "-ante" is not determined by Latin gender inheritance in a straightforward way. The word is masculine by convention in Spanish, like most nouns ending in "-ante" (estudiante, comerciante, etc.), though this ending can be used for both masculine and feminine nouns depending on context and agreement with articles.

What is the Spanish word for shelf?

The Spanish word for shelf is el estante — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchétagère flips!l'feminine
🇮🇹 Italianscaffalelomasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseprateleira flips!afeminine

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