🇪🇸 Spanish

razón

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la razón

reason

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razón
/la raˈθon/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say razón in Spanish?

IPA
/la raˈθon/

How do you pronounce razón in Spanish?

razón is pronounced /la raˈθon/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La razón principal por la que llegué tarde fue el tráfico.

The main reason why I arrived late was the traffic.

Su razón más profunda para dejar el trabajo era completamente válida.

Her deepest reason for leaving the job was completely valid.

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Why is it feminine?

Razón is feminine because it derives from Latin "ratio" (feminine), which originally meant "reckoning" or "calculation" and belonged to the feminine gender class in Latin—a gender assignment that persisted through Romance language evolution rather than following a predictable pattern from its etymology.

What is the Spanish word for reason?

The Spanish word for reason is la razón — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchraisonlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianragionelafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueserazãoafeminine

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