🇪🇸 Spanish

luna

feminine

la luna

moon

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luna
/la ˈluna/
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How do you say luna in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈluna/

How do you pronounce luna in Spanish?

luna is pronounced /la ˈluna/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La luna llena es hermosa y brillante.

The full moon is beautiful and brilliant. (The feminine article 'la' and feminine adjectives 'llena' and 'hermosa' agree with 'luna')

Observé la luna nueva desde mi terraza; estaba completamente oscura.

I observed the new moon from my terrace; it was completely dark. (The feminine article 'la' and feminine adjectives 'nueva' and 'oscura' must agree because 'luna' is feminine)

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Why is it feminine?

Luna is feminine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "lūna," which was grammatically feminine in Latin, and Spanish inherited this gender assignment along with the word itself. Spanish regularly preserves the gender of Latin nouns, particularly feminine -a endings that became the standard feminine marker in Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for moon?

The Spanish word for moon is la luna — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlunelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianlunalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseluaafeminine

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