🇪🇸 Spanish

plato

masculine

el plato

plate

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plato
/el ˈplato/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say plato in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈplato/

How do you pronounce plato in Spanish?

plato is pronounced /el ˈplato/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El plato azul está sucio y necesita ser lavado inmediatamente.

The blue plate is dirty and needs to be washed immediately.

Este plato tradicional es muy antiguo y fue heredado de mi abuelo.

This traditional plate is very old and was inherited from my grandfather.

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Why is it masculine?

Plato is masculine in Spanish. It derives from Latin "plattus" (flat), which was a masculine adjective used as a noun. Spanish retained this grammatical gender through regular phonetic evolution. However, the gender is ultimately determined by Spanish grammar rules: masculine nouns in Spanish typically end in -o, and "plato" follows this regular pattern, which is the primary reason it is masculine in modern Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for plate?

The Spanish word for plate is el plato — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchassiette flips!l'feminine
🇮🇹 Italianpiattoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepratoomasculine

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