🇪🇸 Spanish

octubre

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masculine

el octubre

October

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octubre
/el okˈtuβɾe/
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How do you say octubre in Spanish?

IPA
/el okˈtuβɾe/

How do you pronounce octubre in Spanish?

octubre is pronounced /el okˈtuβɾe/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El octubre pasado fue muy lluvioso y el próximo octubre será diferente.

Last October was very rainy and next October will be different.

El octubre de este año ha sido el más cálido registrado en nuestro país.

This year's October has been the warmest recorded in our country.

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Why is it masculine?

Octubre is masculine because it derives from Latin "October (mensis)," where "October" itself comes from "octo" (eight), and Latin ordinal numbers used as month names inherited the masculine gender of "mensis" (month), which is implicit in Spanish despite the word being dropped. Like most Spanish month names, it retained the masculine gender from its Latin masculine ordinal origin.

What is the Spanish word for October?

The Spanish word for October is el octubre — masculine.

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