🇪🇸 Spanish

manta

feminine

la manta

blanket

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manta
/la ˈmanta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say manta in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈmanta/

How do you pronounce manta in Spanish?

manta is pronounced /la ˈmanta/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La manta roja estaba mojada después de la lluvia.

The red blanket was wet after the rain.

Compré una manta nueva y suave para mi cama.

I bought a new and soft blanket for my bed.

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Why is it feminine?

Manta is feminine in Spanish. While it does derive from Latin, the gender assignment is better explained by the fact that Spanish inherited the feminine gender from Latin "manta" (a cloth or blanket), and most Spanish nouns ending in -a are feminine. The word is correctly identified as a noun meaning "blanket" or "cloth."

What is the Spanish word for blanket?

The Spanish word for blanket is la manta — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcouverturelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiancopertalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecobertor flips!omasculine

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