🇪🇸 Spanish

letra

feminine

la letra

letter

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letra
/la ˈletɾa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say letra in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈletɾa/

How do you pronounce letra in Spanish?

letra is pronounced /la ˈletɾa/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La letra pequeña del contrato contenía cláusulas muy importantes que nadie había leído.

The small print of the contract contained very important clauses that nobody had read.

La letra cursiva que escribió la artista era tan hermosa que parecía un dibujo.

The cursive handwriting that the artist wrote was so beautiful that it looked like a drawing.

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Why is it feminine?

Letra is feminine because it derives from the Latin "littera," which was feminine in gender, and this grammatical gender was preserved through the evolution of Spanish. The word originally referred to individual letters of the alphabet and written characters, maintaining its feminine classification from its classical origins.

What is the Spanish word for letter?

The Spanish word for letter is la letra — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlettrelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianletteralafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecartaafeminine

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