🇪🇸 Spanish

peaje

masculine

el peaje

toll

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peaje
/el peˈaxe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say peaje in Spanish?

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/el peˈaxe/

How do you pronounce peaje in Spanish?

peaje is pronounced /el peˈaxe/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El peaje nuevo que construyeron en la autopista es muy caro.

The new toll that they built on the highway is very expensive.

El peaje obligatorio ha aumentado significativamente este año.

The mandatory toll has increased significantly this year.

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Why is it masculine?

Peaje is masculine because it derives from the Latin "pedagium" (a toll or tax), which was a neuter noun in Latin but was reanalyzed as masculine when adopted into Spanish, likely influenced by the -aje suffix pattern that predominates in masculine nouns in Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for toll?

The Spanish word for toll is el peaje — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpéagelemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepedágioomasculine

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