🇪🇸 Spanish

mano

feminine

la mano

hand

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mano
/la ˈmano/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mano in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈmano/

How do you pronounce mano in Spanish?

mano is pronounced /la ˈmano/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La mano izquierda es más débil que la derecha.

The left hand is weaker than the right one.

Mi mano está mojada y sucia después de trabajar en el jardín.

My hand is wet and dirty after working in the garden.

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Why is it feminine?

Mano is feminine because it derives from Latin "manus," which was feminine in the original language, and Spanish retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. This is an exception to the typical pattern where Latin feminine nouns ending in "-us" became masculine in Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for hand?

The Spanish word for hand is la mano — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmainlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianmanolafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemãoafeminine

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