🇪🇸 Spanish

salarios

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masculine

los salarios

salaries

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salarios
/los saˈlaɾjos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say salarios in Spanish?

IPA
/los saˈlaɾjos/

How do you pronounce salarios in Spanish?

salarios is pronounced /los saˈlaɾjos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El salario mensual es muy bajo para los trabajadores.

The monthly salary is very low for the workers.

El salario justo que recibió fue comparable al de sus colegas.

The fair salary that he received was comparable to that of his colleagues.

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Why is it masculine?

Salarios is masculine because it derives from the Latin "salarium," which was a neuter noun in Latin. However, in Spanish, the word became masculine, likely due to the influence of the masculine ending "-o" and analogy with other masculine nouns. The etymology connecting it to "sal" (salt) and Roman salt rations is correct, but the claim that Latin "salarium" was "treated as masculine" is inaccurate—it was genuinely neuter in Latin.

What is the Spanish word for salaries?

The Spanish word for salaries is los salarios — masculine.

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