🇪🇸 Spanish

martillo

masculine

el martillo

hammer

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martillo
/el maɾˈtiʎo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say martillo in Spanish?

IPA
/el maɾˈtiʎo/

How do you pronounce martillo in Spanish?

martillo is pronounced /el maɾˈtiʎo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El martillo rojo está roto y necesito un martillo nuevo para reparar la casa.

The red hammer is broken and I need a new hammer to repair the house.

Este martillo antiguo es muy valioso porque pertenecía a mi abuelo.

This old hammer is very valuable because it belonged to my grandfather.

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Why is it masculine?

Martillo derives from Latin "martellus," which comes from "malleus" (hammer). It inherited the masculine gender from its Latin masculine ending (-us). Like most Spanish words ending in -o, it retained the masculine gender from its Latin origins, following the regular pattern where Latin -us masculine nouns become Spanish -o masculine nouns.

What is the Spanish word for hammer?

The Spanish word for hammer is el martillo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmarteaulemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmartelloilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemarteloomasculine

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