🇪🇸 Spanish

galería

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feminine

la galería

gallery

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galería
/la ɡaleˈɾia/
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How do you say galería in Spanish?

IPA
/la ɡaleˈɾia/

How do you pronounce galería in Spanish?

galería is pronounced /la ɡaleˈɾia/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La galería nueva que abrió en el centro es muy moderna y espaciosa.

The new gallery that opened downtown is very modern and spacious.

Visitamos una galería famosa donde exhibían cuadros antiguos de artistas reconocidos.

We visited a famous gallery where they were exhibiting old paintings by renowned artists.

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Why is it feminine?

Galería is feminine because it derives from the Latin "galeria," which itself came from Old French "galerie" and ultimately traces back to Greek "galeré" (gallery/covered passage); in Latin, words ending in "-ia" were typically feminine, a pattern that Spanish retained. The feminine gender stuck through the Romance languages despite the word's somewhat obscure etymology, possibly connected to architectural or nautical terminology.

What is the Spanish word for gallery?

The Spanish word for gallery is la galería — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchgalerielafeminine

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