🇪🇸 Spanish

fruta

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feminine

la fruta

fruit

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fruta
/la ˈfɾuta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say fruta in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈfɾuta/

How do you pronounce fruta in Spanish?

fruta is pronounced /la ˈfɾuta/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La fruta fresca que compré ayer es deliciosa.

The fresh fruit that I bought yesterday is delicious.

Esa fruta madura está lista para comer.

That ripe fruit is ready to eat.

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Why is it feminine?

Fruta is feminine because it derives from Latin "fructus" (masculine noun). In the evolution from Latin to Spanish, the feminine form "fructa" (which functioned as a neuter plural in Latin) became the standard form in Spanish and was reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun. Spanish inherited the pattern where -a endings typically mark feminine nouns, reinforcing the feminine gender of this word.

What is the Spanish word for fruit?

The Spanish word for fruit is la fruta — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchfruit flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianfruttalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesefrutaafeminine

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