🇪🇸 Spanish

fórmula

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feminine

la fórmula

formula

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fórmula
/la ˈfoɾmula/
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How do you say fórmula in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈfoɾmula/

How do you pronounce fórmula in Spanish?

fórmula is pronounced /la ˈfoɾmula/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La fórmula matemática es muy complicada porque tiene muchas variables desconocidas.

The mathematical formula is very complicated because it has many unknown variables.

Esta fórmula secreta es la más efectiva para resolver problemas de química orgánica.

This secret formula is the most effective one for solving organic chemistry problems.

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Why is it feminine?

Fórmula is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "formula" (meaning a small form or prescribed procedure), which inherited its gender from Latin's grammatical gender system where this word was classified as feminine. Like many Latin feminine nouns ending in -a, it retained its feminine gender when Romance languages evolved from Latin.

What is the Spanish word for formula?

The Spanish word for formula is la fórmula — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchformulelafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesefórmulaafeminine

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