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masculine
el humo
smoke
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/el ˈumo/
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How do you say humo in Spanish?
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/el ˈumo/
How do you pronounce humo in Spanish?
humo is pronounced /el ˈumo/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El humo denso salía de la chimenea y cubría todo el pueblo.
The dense smoke was coming out of the chimney and covered the entire village.
El humo gris y tóxico obligó a los bomberos a usar máscaras especiales.
The gray and toxic smoke forced the firefighters to use special masks.
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Why is it masculine?
Humo (smoke) is masculine because it descends from Latin "fumus," which was a masculine second-declension noun, and Spanish inherited its grammatical gender along with the word itself.
What is the Spanish word for smoke?
The Spanish word for smoke is el humo — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | fumaça flips! | a | feminine |
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