🇪🇸 Spanish

rueda

feminine

la rueda

wheel

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rueda
/la ˈrweða/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rueda in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈrweða/

How do you pronounce rueda in Spanish?

rueda is pronounced /la ˈrweða/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La rueda delantera está rota y necesito una nueva.

The front wheel is broken and I need a new one.

La rueda trasera de mi bicicleta es muy grande y resistente.

The rear wheel of my bicycle is very large and resistant.

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Why is it feminine?

Rueda (wheel) is feminine because it derives from Latin "rota," which was feminine in gender, and Spanish inherited this feminine classification through regular sound changes (rota > rueda). The -a ending in Spanish typically marks feminine nouns, reinforcing this inherited gender from Latin.

What is the Spanish word for wheel?

The Spanish word for wheel is la rueda — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchrouelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianruotalafeminine

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