🇪🇸 Spanish

plástico

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masculine

el plástico

plastic

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plástico
/el ˈplastiko/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say plástico in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈplastiko/

How do you pronounce plástico in Spanish?

plástico is pronounced /el ˈplastiko/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El plástico transparente es muy útil para ver lo que hay dentro de la bolsa.

The transparent plastic is very useful for seeing what's inside the bag.

El plástico duro que compramos es perfecto para construir ese proyecto nuevo.

The hard plastic that we bought is perfect for building that new project.

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Why is it masculine?

Plástico is masculine because it functions as a masculine noun in Spanish. While it does derive from Latin "plasticus" (from Greek "plastikos"), the gender assignment is not determined by a productive rule about "-icus" endings becoming masculine nouns. Rather, "plástico" is masculine by lexical convention in Spanish, as are most nouns ending in "-o" regardless of their etymological origin.

What is the Spanish word for plastic?

The Spanish word for plastic is el plástico — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchplastiquelemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianplastica flips!lafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseplásticoomasculine

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