🇪🇸 Spanish

final

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 final

end

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final
/el fiˈnal/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say final in Spanish?

IPA
/el fiˈnal/

How do you pronounce final in Spanish?

final is pronounced /el fiˈnal/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El final inesperado de la película fue muy emotivo.

The unexpected ending of the movie was very emotional.

El final abierto del libro dejó a los lectores confundidos.

The open ending of the book left readers confused.

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Why is it masculine?

Final is masculine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "finalis" (adjective form of "finis," meaning end). In Spanish, adjectives ending in -al are generally masculine by default form, though "final" is actually an adjective, not a noun. When used as a noun ("el final" = "the end"), it takes masculine gender. The word is correctly identified as masculine, but the explanation conflates adjective gender agreement with inherent noun gender.

What is the Spanish word for end?

The Spanish word for end is el final — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchfin flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianfine flips!lafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesefimomasculine

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