🇪🇸 Spanish

estudiante

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el estudiante

student

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estudiante
/el estuˈðjante/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say estudiante in Spanish?

IPA
/el estuˈðjante/

How do you pronounce estudiante in Spanish?

estudiante is pronounced /el estuˈðjante/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El estudiante nuevo llegó tarde a la clase porque se perdió en el campus.

The new student arrived late to class because he got lost on campus.

El estudiante inteligente fue seleccionado como el mejor de su generación.

The intelligent student was selected as the best of his generation.

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Why is it masculine?

Estudiante is actually a common gender noun in Spanish, used for both male and female students (el/la estudiante). While it does derive from Latin "studēns" (present participle of "studēre," meaning to study), it functions as a gender-neutral noun in modern Spanish. Nouns ending in "-ante" derived from Latin participles can be either masculine or common gender depending on usage and context.

What is the Spanish word for student?

The Spanish word for student is el estudiante — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchétudiantl'masculine
🇮🇹 Italianstudentelomasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesealunoomasculine

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