🇪🇸 Spanish

oro

masculine

el oro

gold

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oro
/el ˈoɾo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say oro in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈoɾo/

How do you pronounce oro in Spanish?

oro is pronounced /el ˈoɾo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El oro puro es muy valioso porque es un metal precioso.

Pure gold is very valuable because it is a precious metal.

El oro antiguo que encontraron era tan brillante y hermoso que los arqueólogos quedaron maravillados.

The ancient gold that they found was so bright and beautiful that the archaeologists were amazed.

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Why is it masculine?

Oro (gold) is masculine because it derives from Latin "aurum," which was grammatically masculine, and Spanish inherited this gender assignment along with the noun itself. Like many Spanish nouns, its gender reflects the gender of its Latin ancestor rather than following a predictable modern rule.

What is the Spanish word for gold?

The Spanish word for gold is el oro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianorol'masculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseouroomasculine

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