🇪🇸 Spanish

guitarra

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 guitarra

guitar

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guitarra
/la ɡiˈtara/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say guitarra in Spanish?

IPA
/la ɡiˈtara/

How do you pronounce guitarra in Spanish?

guitarra is pronounced /la ɡiˈtara/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La guitarra española es muy antigua y tiene un sonido profundo.

The Spanish guitar is very old and has a deep sound.

Mi guitarra nueva está rota porque la dejé caer accidentalmente.

My new guitar is broken because I accidentally dropped it.

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Why is it feminine?

Guitarra is feminine because it derives from Latin "cithara" (a stringed instrument), which was feminine in Latin. Spanish retained the feminine gender through the regular sound evolution of Latin words ending in -a, which typically remain feminine in Spanish. Gender assignment in Romance languages generally follows from the gender of the Latin etymon, though there are exceptions to this pattern.

What is the Spanish word for guitar?

The Spanish word for guitar is la guitarra — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchguitarelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianchitarralafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseguitarraafeminine

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