🇪🇸 Spanish

paisaje

masculine

el paisaje

landscape

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paisaje
/el pajˈsaxe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say paisaje in Spanish?

IPA
/el pajˈsaxe/

How do you pronounce paisaje in Spanish?

paisaje is pronounced /el pajˈsaxe/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El paisaje montañoso que visitamos ayer fue absolutamente espectacular.

The mountainous landscape that we visited yesterday was absolutely spectacular.

Este paisaje desértico es tan árido que casi ninguna planta puede sobrevivir en él.

This desert landscape is so arid that almost no plant can survive in it.

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Why is it masculine?

Paisaje is masculine because it ends in the suffix "-aje," which is a productive masculine suffix in Spanish. Most nouns ending in "-aje" are masculine (e.g., viaje, mensaje, equipaje). The word derives from Old French "paisage," which came from "pais" (country/region), ultimately from Latin "pagensis." The masculine gender was established through the masculine diminutive/agentive suffix "-aje" in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for landscape?

The Spanish word for landscape is el paisaje — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpaysagelemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepaisagem flips!afeminine

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