🇪🇸 Spanish

poema

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 poema

poem

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poema
/el poˈema/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say poema in Spanish?

IPA
/el poˈema/

How do you pronounce poema in Spanish?

poema is pronounced /el poˈema/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El poema hermoso que leí ayer me hizo llorar.

The beautiful poem that I read yesterday made me cry.

Ese poema largo fue escrito por un poeta famoso del siglo XIX.

That long poem was written by a famous poet from the nineteenth century.

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Why is it masculine?

Poema is masculine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "poēma" (neuter), but when adopted into Spanish, words ending in "-ma" of Greek origin typically became masculine, following the pattern of Latin masculine nouns ending in "-a" like "problema" and "sistema." This represents a gender reassignment that occurred during the Romance language evolution from Latin.

What is the Spanish word for poem?

The Spanish word for poem is el poema — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpoèmelemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianpoemailmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepoemaomasculine

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