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el maíz
corn
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How do you say maíz in Spanish?
How do you pronounce maíz in Spanish?
maíz is pronounced /el maˈiθ/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El maíz amarillo que compramos en el mercado estaba muy fresco y dulce.
The yellow corn that we bought at the market was very fresh and sweet.
El maíz blanco es más tradicional para hacer tortillas en México, mientras que el maíz amarillo es común en otras regiones.
White corn is more traditional for making tortillas in Mexico, while yellow corn is common in other regions.
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Why is it masculine?
Maíz is masculine. The word derives from Taíno "mahiz," an indigenous Caribbean language. When Spanish adopted this loanword, it took on masculine gender, likely due to the word's phonetic ending and Spanish conventions for integrating foreign nouns, though the exact mechanism of gender assignment for this particular loanword is not definitively documented.
What is the Spanish word for corn?
The Spanish word for corn is el maíz — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | milho | o | masculine |
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