🇪🇸 Spanish

pájaro

masculine

el pájaro

bird

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pájaro
/el ˈpaxaɾo/
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How do you say pájaro in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈpaxaɾo/

How do you pronounce pájaro in Spanish?

pájaro is pronounced /el ˈpaxaɾo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El pájaro azul es muy raro y difícil de encontrar en esta región.

The blue bird is very rare and difficult to find in this region.

Vi un pájaro pequeño que estaba herido, así que lo ayudé a volar de nuevo.

I saw a small bird that was injured, so I helped it fly again.

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Why is it masculine?

Pájaro is masculine because it derives from Latin "passer" (sparrow), which was a masculine noun. Spanish inherited this grammatical gender through regular phonetic evolution. Words ending in -o in Spanish are typically masculine, and "pájaro" follows this predictable pattern rather than being an exception.

What is the Spanish word for bird?

The Spanish word for bird is el pájaro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchoiseaul'masculine
🇮🇹 Italianuccellol'masculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepássaroomasculine

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