🇪🇸 Spanish

invierno

masculine

el invierno

winter

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invierno
/el inˈβjeɾno/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say invierno in Spanish?

IPA
/el inˈβjeɾno/

How do you pronounce invierno in Spanish?

invierno is pronounced /el inˈβjeɾno/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El invierno pasado fue muy frío y nevado en toda la región.

Last winter was very cold and snowy throughout the region.

Este invierno será diferente porque las temperaturas serán más cálidas que el año anterior.

This winter will be different because the temperatures will be warmer than the previous year.

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Why is it masculine?

Invierno is masculine because it derives from Latin "hibernum," the neuter accusative form of "hibernus" (wintry). However, the word's actual masculine gender in Spanish results from the addition of the diminutive or augmentative suffix "-erno" to the Latin root, which created a new masculine noun form. In Spanish, nouns ending in "-erno" are typically masculine, and this suffix pattern governed the gender assignment rather than a direct neuter-to-masculine shift.

What is the Spanish word for winter?

The Spanish word for winter is el invierno — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchhiverl'masculine
🇮🇹 Italianinvernol'masculine

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