🇪🇸 Spanish

momento

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el momento

moment

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momento
/el moˈmento/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say momento in Spanish?

IPA
/el moˈmento/

How do you pronounce momento in Spanish?

momento is pronounced /el moˈmento/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El momento perfecto llegó cuando menos lo esperábamos.

The perfect moment arrived when we least expected it.

Ese momento histórico fue documentado por muchos periodistas.

That historic moment was documented by many journalists.

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Why is it masculine?

Momento is masculine because it derives from the Latin "momentum" (neuter in Latin), which when adopted into Spanish took on the masculine gender following the general pattern where Latin neuter nouns became masculine in Romance languages. The word originally meant "movement" or "impetus" before evolving to mean "moment" in modern Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for moment?

The Spanish word for moment is el momento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmomentlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmomentoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemomentoomasculine

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