🇪🇸 Spanish

hueso

masculine

el hueso

bone

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hueso
/el ˈweso/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say hueso in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈweso/

How do you pronounce hueso in Spanish?

hueso is pronounced /el ˈweso/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El hueso grande que encontré en el parque era de un perro antiguo.

The big bone that I found in the park was from an old dog.

Este hueso roto debe ser examinado por un veterinario profesional.

This broken bone must be examined by a professional veterinarian.

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Why is it masculine?

Hueso is masculine because it derives from Latin "ossum" (a variant of "os"), which was a neuter noun in the second declension. Spanish inherited this masculine gender through regular sound changes during the evolution from Latin to Spanish, where most neuter nouns shifted to masculine gender.

What is the Spanish word for bone?

The Spanish word for bone is el hueso — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchosl'masculine
🇮🇹 Italianossol'masculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseossoomasculine

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