🇪🇸 Spanish

música

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

la música

music

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música
/la ˈmusika/
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How do you say música in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈmusika/

How do you pronounce música in Spanish?

música is pronounced /la ˈmusika/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La música clásica es muy relajante y hermosa.

Classical music is very relaxing and beautiful. (feminine adjectives: clásica, relajante, hermosa agree with la música)

Me encanta la música nueva que descubrí; es totalmente diferente y fascinante.

I love the new music that I discovered; it is totally different and fascinating. (feminine adjectives: nueva, diferente, fascinante agree with la música)

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Why is it feminine?

Música is feminine because it derives from Latin "musica," which inherited the feminine gender from Greek "mousike" (the art of the Muses); Latin words ending in "-ica" are typically feminine, a pattern that Spanish preserved.

What is the Spanish word for music?

The Spanish word for music is la música — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmusiquelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianmusicalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemúsicaafeminine

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