🇪🇸 Spanish

meta

feminine

la meta

goal

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meta
/la ˈmeta/
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How do you say meta in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈmeta/

How do you pronounce meta in Spanish?

meta is pronounced /la ˈmeta/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La meta final del proyecto era ambiciosa y difícil de alcanzar.

The final goal of the project was ambitious and difficult to achieve.

Hemos llegado a la meta deseada después de mucho trabajo constante.

We have reached the desired goal after much constant work.

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Why is it feminine?

Meta is feminine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "meta" (a feminine noun meaning a turning post or goal), which retained its original gender through the Romance language evolution. The Latin word itself likely came from an Etruscan or other pre-Indo-European source, but the feminine gender was established in Latin and simply carried forward into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for goal?

The Spanish word for goal is la meta — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbut flips!lemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemetaafeminine

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