🇪🇸 Spanish

nube

feminine

la nube

cloud

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nube
/la ˈnuβe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say nube in Spanish?

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/la ˈnuβe/

How do you pronounce nube in Spanish?

nube is pronounced /la ˈnuβe/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La nube blanca flotaba lentamente en el cielo azul.

The white cloud was floating slowly in the blue sky.

Observé una nube gris y oscura que anunciaba una tormenta peligrosa.

I observed a gray and dark cloud that announced a dangerous storm.

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Why is it feminine?

Nube is feminine because it derives from Latin "nubes," which was a feminine noun, and Spanish preserved the feminine gender of most Latin third-declension nouns ending in "-is" or "-es." This gender assignment reflects the historical linguistic continuity from Latin, where the grammatical gender of the word was already established.

What is the Spanish word for cloud?

The Spanish word for cloud is la nube — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchnuage flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiannuvolalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesenuvemafeminine

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