🇪🇸 Spanish

herramienta

feminine

la herramienta

tool

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herramienta
/la eraˈmjenta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say herramienta in Spanish?

IPA
/la eraˈmjenta/

How do you pronounce herramienta in Spanish?

herramienta is pronounced /la eraˈmjenta/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La herramienta roja está rota y necesita ser reemplazada inmediatamente.

The red tool is broken and needs to be replaced immediately.

Esta herramienta antigua es muy valiosa; la heredé de mi abuela.

This old tool is very valuable; I inherited it from my grandmother.

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Why is it feminine?

Herramienta is feminine because it ends in -a, which is the standard feminine ending in Spanish. It derives from Latin "ferramentum" (from "ferrum," meaning iron). The word is simply a regular feminine noun following the productive -a ending pattern in Spanish, not an exception.

What is the Spanish word for tool?

The Spanish word for tool is la herramienta — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchoutil flips!l'masculine
🇮🇹 Italianattrezzo flips!l'masculine

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