🇪🇸 Spanish

plan

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el plan

plan

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plan
/el plan/
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How do you say plan in Spanish?

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/el plan/

How do you pronounce plan in Spanish?

plan is pronounced /el plan/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El plan original fue cancelado porque era demasiado costoso.

The original plan was canceled because it was too expensive.

Ese plan ambicioso requiere un equipo dedicado y recursos abundantes.

That ambitious plan requires a dedicated team and abundant resources.

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Why is it masculine?

Plan is masculine in Spanish. While it does derive from French "plan" (from Latin "planus," meaning flat or level), the gender is better explained by the fact that Spanish masculine nouns ending in -an are common (e.g., "capitán," "volcán," "huracán"). The word was borrowed into Spanish and took on the masculine gender typical of -an ending nouns in Spanish, regardless of the source language's gender assignment.

What is the Spanish word for plan?

The Spanish word for plan is el plan — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchplanlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianpianoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseplanoomasculine

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