🇪🇸 Spanish

mochila

feminine

la mochila

backpack

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mochila
/la moˈtʃila/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mochila in Spanish?

IPA
/la moˈtʃila/

How do you pronounce mochila in Spanish?

mochila is pronounced /la moˈtʃila/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La mochila roja está llena de libros.

The red backpack is full of books.

Mi mochila nueva es muy cómoda y resistente.

My new backpack is very comfortable and resistant.

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Why is it feminine?

Mochila is feminine because it derives from the Arabic word "muchîla" (a type of bag), and Arabic loanwords in Spanish often retained or were assigned feminine gender, particularly those ending in "-a" which aligned with Spanish feminine noun patterns. The "-a" ending itself reinforced its feminine classification once integrated into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for backpack?

The Spanish word for backpack is la mochila — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsac à dos flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianzaino flips!lomasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemochilaafeminine

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