🇪🇸 Spanish

proyecto

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 proyecto

project

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proyecto
/el pɾoˈʝekto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say proyecto in Spanish?

IPA
/el pɾoˈʝekto/

How do you pronounce proyecto in Spanish?

proyecto is pronounced /el pɾoˈʝekto/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El proyecto ambicioso que presentó María fue rechazado por el comité.

The ambitious project that María presented was rejected by the committee.

Ese proyecto nuevo requiere un presupuesto considerable para ser implementado correctamente.

That new project requires considerable budget to be implemented correctly.

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Why is it masculine?

Proyecto is masculine because it derives from the Latin "projectus," the past participle of "proicere" (to throw forward), which carries the masculine gender of Latin nouns ending in -us that became Spanish -o nouns. This gender assignment followed standard Romance language patterns where Latin masculine forms typically became masculine in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for project?

The Spanish word for project is el proyecto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchprojetlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianprogettoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseprojetoomasculine

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