🇪🇸 Spanish

melodía

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feminine

la melodía

melody

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melodía
/la meloˈðia/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say melodía in Spanish?

IPA
/la meloˈðia/

How do you pronounce melodía in Spanish?

melodía is pronounced /la meloˈðia/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La melodía hermosa que escuché ayer me hizo llorar de emoción.

The beautiful melody that I heard yesterday made me cry with emotion.

Esta melodía tradicional es muy antigua y ha sido transmitida por generaciones.

This traditional melody is very old and has been passed down through generations.

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Why is it feminine?

Melodía is feminine because it derives from Latin "melodia," which inherited the feminine gender from Greek "melodía" (μελωδία)—words ending in "-ía" in Spanish typically retain the feminine gender of their Latin antecedents. This pattern holds for most Spanish nouns ending in "-ía," making it a regular application of gender inheritance rather than an exception.

What is the Spanish word for melody?

The Spanish word for melody is la melodía — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmélodielafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemelodiaafeminine

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