🇪🇸 Spanish

rojo

masculine

el rojo

red

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rojo
/el ˈroxo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rojo in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈroxo/

How do you pronounce rojo in Spanish?

rojo is pronounced /el ˈroxo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El rojo es mi color favorito, así que compré un coche rojo.

Red is my favorite color, so I bought a red car.

El rojo oscuro que elegí para la pared quedó muy elegante.

The dark red that I chose for the wall turned out very elegant.

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Why is it masculine?

Rojo is masculine because it is an adjective ending in "-o", which is the standard masculine gender marker for Spanish adjectives. It derives from Latin "rubeus" (red), and like most Spanish adjectives ending in "-o", it inherited the masculine gender from its Latin masculine form.

What is the Spanish word for red?

The Spanish word for red is el rojo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchrougelemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianrossoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevermelhoomasculine

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