🇪🇸 Spanish

lobo

masculine

el lobo

wolf

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lobo
/el ˈloβo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say lobo in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈloβo/

How do you pronounce lobo in Spanish?

lobo is pronounced /el ˈloβo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El lobo gris atacó al rebaño porque tenía hambre.

The gray wolf attacked the flock because he was hungry.

Ese lobo feroz fue capturado por los cazadores experimentados.

That fierce wolf was captured by the experienced hunters.

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Why is it masculine?

Lobo is masculine because it derives from Latin "lupus" (masculine), which followed the second declension pattern for masculine nouns ending in -us, a gender that was preserved when Latin evolved into Spanish. The -o ending in Spanish consistently marks masculine nouns as a direct continuation of this Latin masculine grammatical gender.

What is the Spanish word for wolf?

The Spanish word for wolf is el lobo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlouplemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianlupoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseloboomasculine

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