🇪🇸 Spanish

luz

feminine

la luz

light

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luz
/la luθ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say luz in Spanish?

IPA
/la luθ/

How do you pronounce luz in Spanish?

luz is pronounced /la luθ/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La luz blanca del faro es muy brillante y potente.

The white light of the lighthouse is very bright and powerful.

Esa luz artificial es demasiada fuerte para mis ojos sensibles.

That artificial light is too strong for my sensitive eyes.

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Why is it feminine?

Luz is feminine because it derives from Latin "lux" (feminine), which followed the third-declension pattern where many nouns ending in -x were grammatically feminine—a gender assignment that carried through into Romance languages like Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for light?

The Spanish word for light is la luz — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlumièrelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianlucelafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseluzafeminine

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