🇪🇸 Spanish

impuestos

masculine

los impuestos

taxes

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impuestos
/los imˈpwestos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say impuestos in Spanish?

IPA
/los imˈpwestos/

How do you pronounce impuestos in Spanish?

impuestos is pronounced /los imˈpwestos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El impuesto nuevo que aprobó el gobierno afectará a todos los ciudadanos.

The new tax that the government approved will affect all citizens. (Masculine article 'el' and adjective 'nuevo' agree with 'impuesto')

Este impuesto federal es muy alto comparado con el impuesto estatal anterior.

This federal tax is very high compared to the previous state tax. (Masculine adjectives 'federal' and 'estatal' must match the masculine noun 'impuesto')

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Why is it masculine?

Impuestos is masculine because it derives from the Latin past participle "impositus" (masculine form of "imponere," meaning to impose), which retained the masculine gender of its Latin origin when it became a Spanish noun. The word literally means "imposed" or "that which is imposed," referring to taxes as obligations imposed by authority.

What is the Spanish word for taxes?

The Spanish word for taxes is los impuestos — masculine.

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