🇪🇸 Spanish

película

feminine

la película

movie

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película
/la peˈlikula/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say película in Spanish?

IPA
/la peˈlikula/

How do you pronounce película in Spanish?

película is pronounced /la peˈlikula/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La película italiana que vi ayer fue muy emocionante.

The Italian film that I watched yesterday was very moving.

Esa película nueva es la más taquillera del año.

That new film is the highest-grossing one of the year.

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Why is it feminine?

Película is feminine because it derives from the Latin "pellicula," the diminutive form of "pellis" (skin). In Latin, words ending in "-cula" are feminine. When Spanish inherited this word, it retained the feminine gender. The Latin "-cula" ending evolved into Spanish "-cula", and the word's meaning expanded from a thin film or layer to refer to motion pictures.

What is the Spanish word for movie?

The Spanish word for movie is la película — feminine.

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