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el lugar
place
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How do you say lugar in Spanish?
How do you pronounce lugar in Spanish?
lugar is pronounced /el luˈɣaɾ/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El lugar oscuro donde encontramos el tesoro era muy peligroso.
The dark place where we found the treasure was very dangerous.
Ese lugar hermoso merecía ser visitado por todos los turistas interesados.
That beautiful place deserved to be visited by all interested tourists.
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Why is it masculine?
Lugar is masculine because it derives from Latin "localis" (originally an adjective meaning "of a place"), which was nominalized and evolved into the Spanish masculine noun "lugar." The masculine gender was inherited from Latin, where "localis" was associated with the masculine noun "locus" (place). In Spanish, words ending in "-ar" are typically masculine, which reinforces this gender assignment.
What is the Spanish word for place?
The Spanish word for place is el lugar — masculine.
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