🇪🇸 Spanish

lechuga

feminine

la lechuga

lettuce

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lechuga
/la leˈtʃuɣa/
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How do you say lechuga in Spanish?

IPA
/la leˈtʃuɣa/

How do you pronounce lechuga in Spanish?

lechuga is pronounced /la leˈtʃuɣa/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La lechuga fresca que compré esta mañana es deliciosa.

The fresh lettuce that I bought this morning is delicious.

Esa lechuga orgánica es más cara que la lechuga común.

That organic lettuce is more expensive than regular lettuce.

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Why is it feminine?

Lechuga is feminine because it derives from Latin "lactuca," which was grammatically feminine and retained that gender through the Romance language evolution; the feminine -a ending in Spanish reinforces this gender assignment inherited from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Spanish word for lettuce?

The Spanish word for lettuce is la lechuga — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portuguesealfaceafeminine

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