🇪🇸 Spanish

pared

feminine

la pared

wall

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pared
/la paˈɾeð/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pared in Spanish?

IPA
/la paˈɾeð/

How do you pronounce pared in Spanish?

pared is pronounced /la paˈɾeð/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La pared blanca necesita una nueva pintura porque está muy vieja.

The white wall needs a new paint job because it is very old.

Esta pared antigua es tan gruesa que los sonidos no pueden atravesarla.

This ancient wall is so thick that sounds cannot pass through it.

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Why is it feminine?

Pared is feminine because it derives from Latin "pariēs" (wall). In Latin, "pariēs" was a third-declension masculine noun, but its accusative form "parietem" evolved into "pared" in Spanish. The shift from masculine to feminine occurred because the word was reinterpreted through its accusative form ending in -em, which became -e in Spanish and was then associated with feminine nouns ending in -d (like "pared", "verdad", "ciudad"). This reanalysis of gender is a common pattern in Romance language evolution.

What is the Spanish word for wall?

The Spanish word for wall is la pared — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmur flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmuro flips!ilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseparedeafeminine

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