🇪🇸 Spanish

ritmo

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 ritmo

rhythm

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ritmo
/el ˈritmo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ritmo in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈritmo/

How do you pronounce ritmo in Spanish?

ritmo is pronounced /el ˈritmo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El ritmo acelerado de la música me hizo bailar toda la noche.

The accelerated rhythm of the music made me dance all night long.

Este ritmo latinoamericano es muy diferente al ritmo europeo que escuchamos ayer.

This Latin American rhythm is very different from the European rhythm that we listened to yesterday.

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Why is it masculine?

Ritmo is masculine because it derives from Latin "rhythmus," which was borrowed from Greek "rhythmos" (ῥυθμός) and retained the masculine gender of the original Latin noun. Spanish maintains this gender assignment from its Romance language heritage.

What is the Spanish word for rhythm?

The Spanish word for rhythm is el ritmo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchrythmelemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianritmoilmasculine

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