🇪🇸 Spanish

primavera

feminine

la primavera

spring

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primavera
/la pɾimaˈβeɾa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say primavera in Spanish?

IPA
/la pɾimaˈβeɾa/

How do you pronounce primavera in Spanish?

primavera is pronounced /la pɾimaˈβeɾa/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La primavera pasada fue muy lluviosa y todas las flores crecieron hermosas.

Last spring was very rainy and all the flowers grew beautiful (feminine).

Esta primavera será diferente porque la temperatura está más cálida que la anterior.

This spring will be different because the temperature is warmer than the previous one (feminine).

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Why is it feminine?

Primavera is feminine because it derives from the Latin "prīmāvēra," which combines "prīmus" (first) with "vēra" (spring/green season). The Latin "vēra" was feminine, and this feminine gender was preserved when the word was adopted into Spanish, following the pattern of other Romance language seasonal terms.

What is the Spanish word for spring?

The Spanish word for spring is la primavera — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchprintemps flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianprimaveralafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseprimaveraafeminine

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