🇪🇸 Spanish

labio

masculine

el labio

lip

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labio
/el ˈlaβjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say labio in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈlaβjo/

How do you pronounce labio in Spanish?

labio is pronounced /el ˈlaβjo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El labio inferior está hinchado y dolorido después del accidente.

The lower lip is swollen and painful after the accident.

Mi labio superior se secó mucho durante el invierno pasado.

My upper lip dried out a lot during last winter.

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Why is it masculine?

Labio is masculine because it derives from Latin "labium," a neuter noun. When the neuter gender disappeared in Spanish, neuter nouns were typically reanalyzed as masculine based on their phonetic patterns and endings, causing "labium" to become "labio" with masculine gender.

What is the Spanish word for lip?

The Spanish word for lip is el labio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlèvre flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianlabbroilmasculine

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