🇪🇸 Spanish

forma

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

la forma

form

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forma
/la ˈfoɾma/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say forma in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈfoɾma/

How do you pronounce forma in Spanish?

forma is pronounced /la ˈfoɾma/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La forma geométrica es perfecta y simétrica.

The geometric form is perfect and symmetrical.

Encontré una forma nueva de resolver el problema que es más eficiente.

I found a new way to solve the problem that is more efficient.

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Why is it feminine?

Forma is feminine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "forma" (f.), which was feminine in the original language and retained that gender through the Romance language evolution. Latin "forma" belonged to the first declension (-a ending words), which were predominantly feminine, a pattern that carried forward into Spanish where most words ending in -a are feminine.

What is the Spanish word for form?

The Spanish word for form is la forma — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchformulaire flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianformalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseformaafeminine

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