🇪🇸 Spanish

idea

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 idea

idea

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idea
/la iˈðea/
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How do you say idea in Spanish?

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/la iˈðea/

How do you pronounce idea in Spanish?

idea is pronounced /la iˈðea/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La idea brillante de María revolucionó toda la industria.

Maria's brilliant idea revolutionized the entire industry.

Esa idea nueva es completamente diferente a la anterior.

That new idea is completely different from the previous one.

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Why is it feminine?

Idea is feminine in Spanish because it derives from Latin *idea*, which was feminine (borrowed from Greek *idéa*), and Spanish retained the feminine gender of its Latin source word. The feminine ending -a is typical of many Spanish feminine nouns inherited from Latin feminine nouns ending in -a.

What is the Spanish word for idea?

The Spanish word for idea is la idea — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchidéel'feminine
🇮🇹 Italianideal'feminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseideiaafeminine

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