🇪🇸 Spanish

rencor

masculine

el rencor

resentment

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rencor
/el renˈkoɾ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rencor in Spanish?

IPA
/el renˈkoɾ/

How do you pronounce rencor in Spanish?

rencor is pronounced /el renˈkoɾ/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El rencor profundo que sentía hacia su hermano lo consumía cada día.

The deep resentment that he felt toward his brother consumed him every day.

Su rencor acumulado durante años finalmente explotó en una discusión amarga.

His accumulated resentment over the years finally exploded in a bitter argument.

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Why is it masculine?

Rencor is masculine because it derives from Latin "rancor" (masculine), which originally meant a bitter taste or smell before evolving to mean grudge or resentment, and Spanish retained the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor.

What is the Spanish word for resentment?

The Spanish word for resentment is el rencor — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianrancoreilmasculine

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