🇪🇸 Spanish

mensaje

masculine

el mensaje

message

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mensaje
/el menˈsaxe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mensaje in Spanish?

IPA
/el menˈsaxe/

How do you pronounce mensaje in Spanish?

mensaje is pronounced /el menˈsaxe/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El mensaje importante llegó tarde porque el servidor estaba lento.

The important message arrived late because the server was slow.

Recibí un mensaje secreto de mi amigo, pero el contenido era confuso.

I received a secret message from my friend, but the content was confusing.

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Why is it masculine?

Mensaje is masculine because it derives from Latin "missaticum" (a sending or message), which carried masculine gender that was preserved in Spanish. The -aje suffix in Spanish is inherently masculine and regularly produces masculine nouns, which is consistent with this word's gender.

What is the Spanish word for message?

The Spanish word for message is el mensaje — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmessagelemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmessaggioilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemensagem flips!afeminine

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