🇪🇸 Spanish

salud

feminine

la salud

health

Try it

salud
/la saˈluð/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say salud in Spanish?

IPA
/la saˈluð/

How do you pronounce salud in Spanish?

salud is pronounced /la saˈluð/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La salud mental es tan importante como la salud física.

Mental health is just as important as physical health.

Mi abuela cuida su salud con una dieta balanceada y ejercicio diario.

My grandmother takes care of her health with a balanced diet and daily exercise.

Swipe salud in Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store

Why is it feminine?

Salud is feminine because it derives from Latin "salūs," which was a feminine noun in the third declension. Spanish retained the feminine gender from its Latin ancestor. The association with the goddess Salus may have reinforced the feminine grammatical gender.

What is the Spanish word for health?

The Spanish word for health is la salud — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsantélafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiansalutelafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesaúdeafeminine

Practice with Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store