oportunidad
Oportunidad is feminine in Spanish. The article is la, so the full form is la oportunidad ("opportunity").
FEMININEla oportunidad
opportunity
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How do you say oportunidad in Spanish?
How do you pronounce oportunidad in Spanish?
oportunidad is pronounced /la opoɾtuniˈðað/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La oportunidad perfecta llegó cuando menos la esperaba.
The perfect opportunity arrived when I least expected it.
Aquella oportunidad única cambió completamente mi vida profesional.
That unique opportunity completely changed my professional life.
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Why is it feminine?
Oportunidad is feminine because it derives from the Latin "opportunitas," which was a feminine noun ending in "-itas"—a productive feminine suffix in Latin that typically created abstract nouns from adjectives, and this gender was preserved when the word evolved into Spanish.
What is the Spanish word for opportunity?
The Spanish word for opportunity is la oportunidad — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italian | opportunità | l' | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | oportunidade | a | feminine |
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