🇪🇸 Spanish

longitud

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la longitud

length

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longitud
/la lonxiˈtuð/
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How do you say longitud in Spanish?

IPA
/la lonxiˈtuð/

How do you pronounce longitud in Spanish?

longitud is pronounced /la lonxiˈtuð/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La longitud total del río es muy grande.

The total length of the river is very large.

Esta longitud exacta es fundamental para el proyecto.

This exact length is fundamental for the project.

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Why is it feminine?

Longitud is feminine because it derives from Latin "longitudo," which was grammatically feminine in Latin. Spanish retained this feminine gender when the word evolved. The suffix -itud in Spanish is a productive feminine ending, systematically used for abstract nouns (like "gratitud," "virtud," "solicitud"), and all nouns with this ending are feminine.

What is the Spanish word for length?

The Spanish word for length is la longitud — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlongueurlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianlunghezzalafeminine

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