🇪🇸 Spanish

expediente

masculine

el expediente

file

Try it

expediente
/el ekspeˈðjente/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say expediente in Spanish?

IPA
/el ekspeˈðjente/

How do you pronounce expediente in Spanish?

expediente is pronounced /el ekspeˈðjente/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El expediente judicial fue archivado después de que el juez dictaminara que no había suficiente evidencia.

The legal case file was archived after the judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence.

El expediente médico completo debe ser entregado al nuevo hospital porque contiene información importante sobre el paciente.

The complete medical file must be delivered to the new hospital because it contains important information about the patient.

Swipe expediente in Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store

Why is it masculine?

Expediente is masculine because it derives from the Latin noun "expediens" (expedient, suitable thing). In Spanish, nouns ending in -ente are typically masculine, and "expediente" follows this pattern. The word retained the masculine gender from its Latin origin through regular phonological changes during the evolution from Latin to Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for file?

The Spanish word for file is el expediente — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchfichierlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianfileilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseficha flips!afeminine

Practice with Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store